floter
Old French
verb
Definitions
- to float rest upon liquid without sinking
Etymology
Borrowed from Frankish *flotōn (swim, float) derived from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (float, swim, flow) derived from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (flow, wash, run, fly, pour, pluck).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*plew-
Gloss
flow, wash, run, fly, pour, pluck
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
走
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- flotage English
- Plavis Latin
- linter Latin
- luntrem, lunter Latin
- nauplius Latin
- pluit Latin
- pluvia Latin
- plūma Latin
- pulmō Latin
- flotter French
- Πλουτώνιος Ancient Greek
- Πλούταρχος Ancient Greek
- Πλούτων Ancient Greek
- Πλοῦτος Ancient Greek
- πλέω Ancient Greek
- πλουτοκρατέομαι Ancient Greek
- πλουτοκρατία Ancient Greek
- πλωΐζω Ancient Greek
- πλόος Ancient Greek
- πλύνω Ancient Greek
- *lewh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *plew- Proto-Indo-European
- *plewd- Proto-Indo-European
- *pléwmō Proto-Indo-European
- *plówyom Proto-Indo-European
- *plōw- Proto-Indo-European
- *flawją Proto-Germanic
- *flutrōną Proto-Germanic
- *flutōną Proto-Germanic
- *flōaną Proto-Germanic
- *flōduz Proto-Germanic
- *flōwisô Proto-Germanic
- flotian Old English
- flēot Old English
- प्लव Sanskrit
- floten Middle English
- *plavati Proto-Slavic
- *plaviti Proto-Slavic
- *plyti Proto-Slavic
- *plūťè Proto-Slavic
- *plъ̃tъ Proto-Slavic
- flotage Old French
- floteson Old French
- فرب Persian
- vloten Middle Dutch
- լուանամ Old Armenian
- flotacar Ido
- flotter Middle French
- *floton Old Dutch
- *ɸlowto- Proto-Celtic
- *ɸlowyos Proto-Celtic
- *plu- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *flotōn Frankish
- flotōn Frankish
- floter Walloon