Proto-Germanic

*fleutaną

‘to float, stream’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *fleutaną.

4 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną, most familiar first.

• fleet ← flete ← flēot ← flēotan
• fleeting ← fleten ← flēotan
• flutter ← floteren ← floterian ← *flutrōną ← *flutōną
• flysch ← fließen ← vlieȥen ← flioȥan ← *fleutan

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *fleutaną