| This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry flott. | Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language |
flott, adjective, ‘afloat; merry, luxurious,’ first occurs in Modern High German from Low German; compare Dutch vlot, ‘floating, swimming’; it is connected with fließen, Floß, but has, like Flotte, Saxon the dental medially, hence it must be assumed that the word was borrowed from Low German.