Etymograph

English

flying

Flying comes from Middle English fleynge, from Old English flēogende, present participle of flēogan ‘to fly’, from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą ‘to fly’.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fleuganą‘to fly’reconstructed
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150flēogan‘to fly’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fleynge
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1836flying

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fleuganą‘to fly’reconstructed
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150flēogan‘to fly’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fleynge
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1836flying

Earliest quotation: 1836, Lysander Spooner, Boston: “Matthew (26—6 to 13), Mark (14—3 to 9), and…”

Formed from fly + -ing

Proto-Indo-European *plew- ‘to fly, flow, run’

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Proto-Germanic *fleugǭ ‘flying insect, fly’

Proto-West Germanic *fleugā ‘fly’

Old English flēge ‘a fly’

Middle English fflye

English fly

Every English word from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą

Another origin of flying

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500flyinge
  2. Englishtodayflying

Today it means

adj That flies or can fly.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *fleuganą / flying

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