flot
French
noun
Definitions
- (in the plural) waves
- stream, flood (large amount)
- incoming tide (of the sea); floodtide
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French flot (flow, stream, considerable quantity of poured liquid) inherited from Old French flot (flood, mass of moving water, tidal flow) derived from Old Norse flóð (flood, massive flow of water, stream, river) derived from Frankish *flota (streaming flow, flux), *flōd, *flōdu (flood, river) derived from Proto-Germanic *flōduz (river) derived from Proto-Indo-European *plōw- (pour, wash).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*plōw-
Gloss
pour, wash
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Flut German
- renflouement French
- renflouer French
- *pléh₃tus Proto-Indo-European
- *plōtus Proto-Indo-European
- *plōw- Proto-Indo-European
- flo Norwegian Bokmål
- flod Norwegian Bokmål
- *flutōną Proto-Germanic
- *flōaną Proto-Germanic
- *flōduz Proto-Germanic
- flod Swedish
- flod Norwegian Nynorsk
- flod Old English
- flodyþ Old English
- flōd Old English
- heahflod Old English
- nepflod Old English
- wæterflod Old English
- flod Middle English
- flóð Old Norse
- flóðr Old Norse
- flōi Old Norse
- flot Old French
- fluot Old High German
- fliot Norman
- vluot Middle High German
- flot Middle French
- 𐍆𐌻𐍉𐌳𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- *flōdu gmw-pro
- fluot Old Dutch
- flod Old Saxon
- *flota Frankish
- *flōd, *flōdu Frankish
- flōd Old Frisian
- floth Old Danish