Etymology

mudflow

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Today it means: A type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water. Full definition →

English flow ← Middle English flowe ← Old English flōwan
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The story

  1. Englishmud
  2. Proto-Indo-European*plew-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*plōw-der.?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*plew-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₃(w)-der.?
  6. Proto-Germanic*flōaną
  7. Proto-West Germanic*flōan
  8. Old Englishflōwan
  9. Middle Englishflowen
  10. Middle Englishflowe
  11. Englishflow
  12. English todaymudflow

From mud + flow.

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