Where does “floter” come from?
floter (Walloon) comes from Old French floter, from Frankish flotōn, from Proto-Germanic flutōną, from Proto-Indo-European plewd-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.
floter (Walloon): to float
Ancestry of “floter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | floter | to float |
| 2 | Frankish | flotōn | to float, swim |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | flutōną | to float; drift |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | plewd- | to fly, flow, run |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |