Etymograph

English

Fleetwood

Fleetwood comes from Old English flēot ‘pool, stream’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *plewd- ‘to flow, run’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*plewd-‘to flow, run’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fleutą‘river, stream’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*fleutreconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150flēot‘pool, stream’
  5. EnglishtodayFleetwood

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*plewd-‘to flow, run’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fleutą‘river, stream’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*fleutreconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150flēot‘pool, stream’
  5. EnglishtodayFleetwood

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *plewd- ‘to flow, run’

lead, float, flutter, flit, 3 more

Today it means

name A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England, founded by Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood (OS grid ref SD3348).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *plewd- / Fleetwood

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