Where does “flit” come from?

flit (Old Swedish) comes from Middle Low German vlīt, from Old Saxon flīt, from Proto-West Germanic flīt, from Proto-Germanic flītaz.

Ancestry of “flit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanvlīt—
2Old Saxonflīt—
3Proto-West Germanicflīt—
4Proto-Germanicflītaz—

Words derived from “flit”

Every word from Proto-Germanic flītaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic flīt →Every word from Old Saxon flīt →