Where does “platový” come from?

platový (Czech) comes from Czech plát, from German platte, from Middle High German platte, from Old High German platta, from Vulgar Latin platta, from Latin plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς, from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us — flat.

platový (Czech): salary

Definitions

  1. salary

Ancestry of “platový”, step by step

platový traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Czech plát

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechplátto burn brightly; A sheet, plate or slab
2Germanplatte
3Middle High Germanplatte—
4Old High Germanplatta—
5Vulgar Latinplattametal plate
6Latinplattusflattened
7Ancient Greekπλατύςwide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat

via Slovak plat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Slovakplatsalary
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us →Every word from Ancient Greek πλατύς →