Where does “fleutan” come from?

fleutan (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic fleutaną, from Proto-Indo-European plewd-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

fleutan (Proto-West Germanic): to float; to stream

Definitions

  1. to float; to stream

Ancestry of “fleutan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfleutanąto float, stream
2Proto-Indo-Europeanplewd-to fly, flow, run
3Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “fleutan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fleutaną →
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