vloten
Middle Dutch
verb
Definitions
- to flow
- to float
- to swim
- to travel (over water, of a boat)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch *floton inherited from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (float, swim, flow).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*flutōną
Gloss
float, swim, flow
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
泳
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afloat English
- defloat English
- firefloat English
- float English
- floatability English
- floatable English
- floatboard English
- floater English
- floatest English
- floateth English
- floatie English
- floatless English
- floatline English
- floatplane English
- floatstick English
- floatstone English
- floaty English
- flotation English
- flutter English
- outfloat English
- overfloat English
- refloat English
- *plew- Proto-Indo-European
- *plewd- Proto-Indo-European
- *plōw- Proto-Indo-European
- *flutrōną Proto-Germanic
- *flutōną Proto-Germanic
- *flōduz Proto-Germanic
- flotian Old English
- flēot Old English
- floten Middle English
- flotage Old French
- floter Old French
- floteson Old French
- flotacar Ido
- flotter Middle French
- *floton Old Dutch
- *flotōn Frankish
- flotōn Frankish
- floter Walloon