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
Ancestry of “fleutan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | fleutaną | to float, stream |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | plewd- | to fly, flow, run |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |
Words derived from “fleutan”