Where does “флота” come from?

флота (Serbo-Croatian) comes from French flotte, from Old French flote, from Old Norse floti, from Proto-Germanic flutô, from Proto-Indo-European plewd-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

флота (Serbo-Croatian): fleet

Definitions

  1. fleet

Ancestry of “флота”, step by step

флота traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French flotte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchflottefleet; water; rain
2Old Frenchflotefleet
3Old Norseflotifleet
4Proto-GermanicflutôA float; flotation device; A raft; boat; ship
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplewd-to fly, flow, run
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via German flotte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanflottefleet
2Middle Low Germanvlōte—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flutô →