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Where does “plaslayt” come from?

plaslayt (Cebuano) comes from English flashlight, from English Light, from Middle English light, from Old English lēoht, from Proto-West Germanic leuht, from Proto-Germanic leuhtą, from Proto-Indo-European lewktom, from Proto-Indo-European lewk- — bright; to shine; to see.

plaslayt (Cebuano): a flashlight; a battery-powered hand-held...

Definitions

  1. a flashlight; a battery-powered hand-held...

Ancestry of “plaslayt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishflashlightA battery-powered hand-held light source; A...
2EnglishLight—
3Middle EnglishlightThe radiation which allows for vision by...
4Old Englishlēohtluminous, bright, light, clear, resplendent,...
5Proto-West Germanicleuhtlight, bright; light
6Proto-Germanicleuhtąlight
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlewktom—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanlewk-bright; to shine; to see
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