flowstate

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*plew-
2. Proto-Indo-European*plōw-der.?
3. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₃(w)-der.?
4. Proto-Germanic*flōaną
5. Proto-West Germanic*flōan
6. Old Englishflōwan
7. Middle Englishflowen
8. Middle Englishflowe
9. Englishflow
10. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
11. Proto-Indo-European*stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s
12. Proto-Italic*status
13. Latinstatu
14. Old Frenchestat
15. Middle Englishstat
16. Englishstate
17. English todayflowstate

From flow + state.