Proto-West Germanic

*fleugan

‘to fly’

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

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

• flight ← flyht ← *fluhti
• fly ← flei ← flēgan
• flown ← flowen ← flogen ← flēogan
• befly ← biflien ← beflēogan ← flēogan

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *fleugan