Where does “platja” come from?

platja (Catalan) comes from Russian пла́тье, from Russian плат, from Old East Slavic платъ, from Proto-Slavic platъ — fabric; a piece of cloth; a piece of fabric.

platja (Catalan): beach

Definitions

  1. beach

Ancestry of “platja”, step by step

platja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian пла́тье

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпла́тьеdress, gown
2Russianплатgenitive plural of пла́та
3Old East Slavicплатъ—
4Proto-Slavicplatъfabric; a piece of cloth; a piece of fabric

via Latin plagia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinplagiaslope, slant; beach; second-person singular...
2Latinplāgaplague, misfortune

Words derived from “platja”

Every word from Proto-Slavic platъ →Every word from Old East Slavic платъ →Every word from Russian плат →