Where does “ပလတ်” come from?
ပလတ် (Burmese) comes from English plug, from Dutch plug, from Dutch plugge, from Middle Dutch plugge, from Old Dutch pluggi, from Proto-Germanic plugjaz.
ပလတ် (Burmese): plug
Ancestry of “ပလတ်”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | plug | A pronged connecting device which fits into a... |
| 2 | Dutch | plug | wall plug |
| 3 | Dutch | plugge | — |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | plugge | peg, plug |
| 5 | Old Dutch | pluggi | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | plugjaz | — |