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Where does “plasë” come from?

plasë (Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian platśiā, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁ḱ- — to tear, peel off; to tear, rend.

plasë (Albanian): chasm, crack

Definitions

  1. chasm, crack

Ancestry of “plasë”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albanianplatśiā—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁ḱ-to tear, peel off; to tear, rend
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