Proto-Indo-European

*plew-

‘flow’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *plew-.

36 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *plew-, most familiar first.

• fly ← flei ← flēgan ← *fleugan ← *fleuganą
• flow ← flowen ← flōwan ← *flōan ← *flōaną
• flew ← flēag ← *flaug ← *fleuganą ← *plewk-
• flowing ← flowynge ← flowen ← flōwan ← *flōan
• flown ← flowen ← flōwen ← flōwan ← *flōan
• pneumonia ← πνευμονία ← πνεύμων ← πλεύμων ← *pléwmōn
• overflow ← overflowen ← oferflōwan ← flōwan ← *flōan
• plutonium ← Pluto ← Pluto ← Plūtō ← Πλούτων
• plough ← plouh ← plōh ← *plōgaz ← *ɸlowyos
• fowl ← foul ← fugol ← *fugl ← *fuglaz
• flue ← flowen ← flōwan ← *flōan ← *flōaną
• plover ← plovarius ← pluvia ← pluvius ← pluit

More words from *plew-

• flay
• plutocracy
• flugelhorn
• overflown
• pluvial
• flugel
• beflee
• chubasco
• compluvium
• equipluve
• fleam
• fley
• fleme
• flotage
• fleen
• impluvium
• pluviometer
• pluvious
• pleon
• pleuston
• plutology
• pluviometry
• pneumology
• pyelum

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *plew-