*fleutaz

From pre-Germanic *pléwd-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European *plewd- (‘to fly, flow, run’), an extension of root *plew- (‘to fly, flow, run’). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *ɸloutos (‘flowing’), Ancient Greek πλέω (pléō) (pléō, ‘to sail; to float’), Latin pluit ‘to rain, to be raining’), and Sanskrit प्लवते (plavate) (plavate, ‘to sail, float; to swim; to bathe’). Related to *fleutą (‘river, stream’), *fleutaną (‘to float, stream’), *flutjaną (‘to move, flutter’), *flutōną (‘to float, drift’), *flutą (‘a body or mass of water; the movement of water; flowing’).