Etymograph

English

Vliet

Vliet comes from Dutch Vliet ‘brook’, and goes back to Old Dutch fliet ‘running watercourse’.

  1. Old Dutchc. 500–1150fliet‘running watercourse’
  2. Dutchc. 1500–presentVliet‘brook’
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Dutchc. 500–1150fliet‘running watercourse’
  2. Dutchc. 1500–presentVliet‘brook’
  3. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name A surname from Dutch.

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

Etymograph / Old Dutch fliet / Vliet