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Where does “fuglaz” come from?

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

fuglaz (Proto-Germanic): bird

Definitions

  1. bird

Ancestry of “fuglaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfluglaz—
2Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
3Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “fuglaz”

  • foul
  • fowl
  • Fowler
  • fouling
  • afoul
  • fowling
  • foully
  • fowler
  • wildfowl
  • fouler
  • biofouling
  • antifouling
  • peafowl
  • foulmouthed
  • befoul
  • fowlpox
  • moorfowl
  • foulbrood
  • wildfowler
  • fogle
  • junglefowl
  • fowlhouse
  • macrofouling
  • nonfouling
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