Where does “flygning” come from?

flygning (Swedish) comes from Swedish flyga, from Old Swedish flȳgha, from Old Norse fljúga, from Proto-Germanic fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

flygning (Swedish): flight (moving in the air), aviation (the art of controlled human flight), flying

Definitions

  1. flight (moving in the air), aviation (the art of controlled human flight), flying

Ancestry of “flygning”, step by step

flygning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish flyga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishflygato fly
2Old Swedishflȳghato fly
3Old Norsefljúgato fly
4Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via Swedish ning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishning—

Words derived from “flygning”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →