flåde.
raft (a floating timber platform or an inflatable rubber boat)
Meaning & usage
raft (a floating timber platform or an inflatable rubber boat)
fleet (a group of vessels)
Where this word comes from
From Old Danish flodhe, from Old Norse floti, from Proto-Germanic *flutô (“float, raft”), cognate with Norwegian flåte, Swedish flotte, English float, German Flosse (“fin”). In the sense "fleet", the word has been influenced by French flotte (which is itself a loan from Germanic).
to raft, float (to transport something by having it float on a river)
Where this word comes from
From Old Norse flota, from Proto-Germanic *flutōną, cognate with Norwegian flote, Swedish flotta, English float, Dutch vlotten. Related to the verb Proto-Germanic *fleutaną (“to float”) (Danish flyde).
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