Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo run away; to escape. · To escape from. · To disappear quickly; to vanish; to fleet.
From Middle English flen, from Old English flēon, from Proto-West Germanic *fleuhan, from Proto-Germanic *fleuhaną, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-, *plew- (“to fly, flow, run”). Cognate with Dutch vlieden, German fliehen, Icelandic flýja, Swedish fly, Gothic 𐌸𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þliuhan). Within English, related to fly and more distantly to flow.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*plewk-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionflenenm
- Inherited-form mentionflēonang
- Inherited-form mention*fleuhangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*fleuhanągem-pro
- Derivation mention*plewk-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionvliedennl
- Cognate mentionfliehende
- Cognate mentionflýjais
- Cognate mentionflysv
- Cognate mention𐌸𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽got
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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"To run away; to escape.",
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