flotter

Mane (Îngilîzî)

1. to float
2. to flutter, to wave
3. (informal) to mill about

Wekî (IPA) tê gotin

/flɔ.te/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Inherited from Middle French flotter, from Old French floter (“to float”), from Frankish *flotōn (“to float, swim”), from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float, swim”), from Proto-Indo-European *plew-, *plōw- (“to flow, swim”). Cognate with Middle Dutch vlōten (“to float, swim”), Old English flotian (“to float”), Old Norse flota (“to float, launch”). More at English float.