Proto-Indo-European

*plewd-

‘to float, swim, fly’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *plewd-.

7 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, most familiar first.

• lead ← led ← *laud ← *ɸloudom
• fleet ← flete ← flēot ← flēotan ← *fleutaną
• float ← floten ← flotian ← *flotōn ← *flutōną
• fleeting ← fleten ← flēotan ← *fleutaną
• flutter ← floteren ← floterian ← *flutrōną ← *flutōną
• flit ← flitten ← flytja ← *flutjaną
• flysch ← fließen ← vlieȥen ← flioȥan ← *fleutan

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *plewd-