Where does “plota” come from?

plota (Tagalog) comes from Spanish flota, 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.

plota (Tagalog): fleet (of ships)

Definitions

  1. fleet (of ships)

Ancestry of “plota”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishflotafleet; crowd
2Frenchflottefleet; water; rain
3Old Frenchflotefleet
4Old Norseflotifleet
5Proto-GermanicflutôA float; flotation device; A raft; boat; ship
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplewd-to fly, flow, run
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flutô →