Where does “פֿליִיִק” come from?

פֿליִיִק (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish פֿליִען, from Middle High German vliegen, from Old High German fliogan, from Proto-West Germanic fleugan, from Proto-Germanic fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

פֿליִיִק (Yiddish): fleeting, evanescent

Definitions

  1. fleeting, evanescent

Ancestry of “פֿליִיִק”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishפֿליִעןto fly; plural of פֿלי
2Middle High Germanvliegento fly
3Old High Germanflioganto fly
4Proto-West Germanicfleuganto fly
5Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fleuganą →