Where does “plec” come from?

plec (Czech) comes from Old Czech plece, from Proto-Slavic pleťe, from Proto-Balto-Slavic plet-, from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- — flat.

plec (Czech): shoulder especially food

Definitions

  1. shoulder especially food

Ancestry of “plec”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Czechpleceupper part of the back, shoulder
2Proto-Slavicpleťeshoulder
3Proto-Balto-Slavicplet-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic plet- →Every word from Proto-Slavic pleťe →