Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *fleuganąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_fleuganą
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Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)GuusKroonenBrill2013*plewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, flap with handsplūmafeather, plumeplùnksnafeather; quill, pen
verbStrong class 2to flyFrom pre-Germanic *pléwk-e/o-, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (‘to fly, flow, run; to splash, flap with hands’), an extension of root *plew- (‘to fly, flow, run’). Kroonen 2013 explains the -g- (rather than expected -h-) as resulting from interference with the iterative *flukkōną ~ *flugōną (‘to fly, flutter’). This change possibly occurred to help differentiate it from *fleuhaną (‘to flee; to escape’), which would have been homophonous with the original pronunciation. Cognate with Latin plūma (‘feather, plume’) and Lithuanian plùnksna (‘feather; quill, pen’). Related to *fleugǭ (‘flying insect, fly’), *flugǭ (‘flying insect, fly’), *flugilaz (‘wing’), *fuglaz (‘bird’).