Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Fast, nimble.
To move about rapidly and nimbly. · To move quickly from one location to another. · To unpredictably change state for short periods of time. · To move house (sometimes a sudden move to avoid debts).
A fluttering or darting movement. · A sudden departure from a property. · A particular, unexpected, short lived change of state. · A homosexual.
From Middle English flitten, flytten, from Old Norse flytja (“to move”), from Proto-Germanic *flutjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *plewd- (“to flow; run”). Cognate Icelandic flytja, Swedish flytta, Danish flytte, Norwegian flytte, Faroese flyta. Compare also Saterland Frisian flitskje (“to rush; run quickly”).
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- Inherited-form mentionflittenenm
- Derivation mentionflytjanon
- Derivation mention*flutjanągem-pro
- Derivation mention*plewd-ine-pro · to flow; run
- Cognate mentionflytjais
- Cognate mentionflyttasv
- Cognate mentionflytteda
- Cognate mentionflytteno
- Cognate mentionflytafo
- Cognate mentionflitskjestq · to rush; run quickly
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