Where does “fleane” come from?

fleane (West Frisian) comes from Old Frisian fliāga, from Proto-West Germanic fleugan, from Proto-Germanic fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

fleane (West Frisian): to fly

Definitions

  1. to fly

Ancestry of “fleane”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianfliāgato fly
2Proto-West Germanicfleuganto fly
3Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “fleane”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fleuganą →