Where does “vlakte” come from?

vlakte (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch vlakte, from Dutch vlak, from Middle Dutch vlac, from Old Dutch flak, from Proto-West Germanic *flak, from Proto-Germanic flakaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥keh — flat surface.

vlakte (Afrikaans): Flatness, levelness; A plain

Definitions

  1. Flatness, levelness; A plain

Ancestry of “vlakte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchvlakteFlatness, levelness; A plain, an expanse
2Dutchvlakflat, plane; A plain, a flat surface; A domain,...
3Middle Dutchvlac—
4Old Dutchflak—
5Proto-West Germanic*flak—
6Proto-Germanicflakazflat
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥kehflat surface

Words derived from “vlakte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥keh →Every word from Proto-Germanic flakaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *flak →