Flut

German (Berlin)

/fluːt/

noun
Definitions
  • flow; flood; high tide rising movement of the tide, the time around when it reaches its peak
  • (often) flood(s); great masses of water, usually of the sea
  • flooding; flood; overflow of a body of water;

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German fluot (flood) inherited from Proto-Germanic *flōduz (river) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *plōtus.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*plōtus

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