Low German flegen

← Danish flyve (cognate)

← German fliegen (cognate)

← English fly (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *fleugan (inherited)

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

← Dutch vliegen (cognate)

← Old Saxon fliogan (inherited)

← Saterland Frisian fljooge (cognate)

→ English fly (cognate)

→ Old English fleogan (cognate)

→ Old Norse fljúga (cognate)