Where does “fågel” come from?

fågel (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish fughl, from Old Norse fugl, from Old Norse fogl, from Proto-Germanic fuglaz, from Proto-Germanic fluglaz, from Proto-Germanic fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

fågel (Swedish): a bird

Definitions

  1. a bird

Ancestry of “fågel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishfughlbird
2Old NorsefuglAlternative form of fogl
3Old Norsefoglbird
4Proto-Germanicfuglazbird
5Proto-Germanicfluglaz—
6Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
8Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “fågel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fleuganą →