Where does “flåch” come from?

flåch (Bavarian) comes from Middle High German vlach, from Old High German flah, from Proto-West Germanic *flak, from Proto-Germanic flakaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥keh — flat surface.

flåch (Bavarian): shallow wide and not deep

Definitions

  1. shallow wide and not deep

Ancestry of “flåch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvlach—
2Old High Germanflahflat, smooth
3Proto-West Germanic*flak—
4Proto-Germanicflakazflat
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥kehflat surface
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥keh →Every word from Proto-Germanic flakaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *flak →