Where does “bälunaflitan” come from?

bälunaflitan (Volapük) comes from Volapük flit — flight, flying.

bälunaflitan (Volapük): (hot-air) balloonist

Definitions

  1. (hot-air) balloonist

Ancestry of “bälunaflitan”, step by step

bälunaflitan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Volapük flit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Volapükflitflight, flying

via Volapük bälun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Volapükbälunballoon
Every word from Volapük flit