Where does “tvärflöjt” come from?
tvärflöjt (Swedish) comes from Swedish flöjt, from Middle Low German flöite, from Old French fleüte, from Italian flauto, from Old Occitan flaüt, from Vulgar Latin *flabeolum, from Latin flare — present active infinitive of flō; second-person...
tvärflöjt (Swedish): a transverse flute
Ancestry of “tvärflöjt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | flöjt | a flute |
| 2 | Middle Low German | flöite | — |
| 3 | Old French | fleüte | Alternative form of fleute |
| 4 | Italian | flauto | flute; recorder |
| 5 | Old Occitan | flaüt | — |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | *flabeolum | — |
| 7 | Latin | flare | present active infinitive of flō; second-person... |