Where does “flotta ner” come from?
flotta ner (Swedish) comes from Swedish flott, from German flott, from Middle Dutch vlot, from German fließen, from Middle High German vlieȥen, from Old High German flioȥan, from Proto-West Germanic fleutan, from Proto-Germanic fleutaną — to fly, flow, run.
flotta ner (Swedish): to get grease stains on (clothes or the like)
Definitions
- to get grease stains on (clothes or the like)
Ancestry of “flotta ner”, step by step
flotta ner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish flott
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | flott | luxurious, stylish, pimped; afloat; luxuriously,... |
| 2 | German | flott | afloat, able to navigate; quick, swift; lively,... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | vlot | afloat, floatable |
| 4 | German | fließen | to flow |
| 5 | Middle High German | vlieȥen | to flow, run |
| 6 | Old High German | flioȥan | to flow, to run |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | fleutan | to float; to stream |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | fleutaną | to float, stream |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | plewd- | to fly, flow, run |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |