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Where does “fluhtiz” come from?

fluhtiz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

fluhtiz (Proto-Germanic): act of flying, flight; act of fleeing, escape

Definitions

  1. act of flying, flight; act of fleeing, escape

Ancestry of “fluhtiz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
2Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
3Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “fluhtiz”

  • flight
  • flighty
  • spaceflight
  • flightless
  • preflight
  • overflight
  • flightiness
  • flighted
  • postflight
  • midflight
  • topflight
  • flightlessness
  • flightily
  • aflight
  • flighter
  • flightworthy
  • nonflight
  • flightworthiness
  • unflighted
  • flightcase
  • multiflight
  • flightcraft
  • foreflight
  • semiflightless
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