Old French floter

← Old English flotian (cognate)

← Middle Dutch vloten (cognate)

← English float (link)

← Proto-Germanic *flutōną (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *plew- (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *plōw- (mention)

← Old Norse flota (cognate)

→ English flotsam (mention)

→ English flotant (mention)

→ French flotter (inherited)

→ Middle French flotter (inherited)

→ Old French flotage (suffix)

→ Old French floteson (suffix)

→ Norman fliotter (derived)

→ Walloon floter (inherited)