Etymograph

English

fleme

Fleme comes from Old English flȳman ‘to put to flight, drive away, banish’, from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz ‘stream’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plew- ‘to sail’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*plew-‘to sail’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*flaumaz‘stream’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150flēam‘flight’
  4. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150flȳman‘to put to flight, drive away, banish’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500flemen
  6. Englishtodayfleme

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*plew-‘to sail’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*flaumaz‘stream’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150flēam‘flight’
  4. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150flȳman‘to put to flight, drive away, banish’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500flemen
  6. Englishtodayfleme

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *plew- ‘to sail’

fly, flow, pneumonia, flew, plutonium, plough, fowl, plover, flue, plutocracy, flay, 24 more

Today it means

verb To drive away, chase off; to banish.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *plew- / fleme

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