Proto-Germanic

*flutōną

‘to float’

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

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

• float ← floten ← flotian ← *flotōn
• flutter ← floteren ← floterian ← *flutrōną
• flotage ← floter ← *flotōn

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *flutōną