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Where does “flītan” come from?

flītan (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic flītaz.

flītan (Proto-West Germanic): to strive, fight

Definitions

  1. to strive, fight

Ancestry of “flītan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicflītaz—

Words derived from “flītan”

  • Fleiß
  • fleißig
  • flajsik
  • fliten
  • flītan
  • oferflitan
  • flitan
  • vliten
  • flīz
  • flīz
  • vlīz
  • Fläiss
  • fläisseg
  • antflitan
  • flitan
  • flītan
  • flitan
  • fłȧjs
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