Where does “papegøjeplade” come from?

papegøjeplade (Danish) comes from Danish plade, from Old Norse plata, from Middle Low German plate, from Latin plata, from Vulgar Latin platta, from Latin plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς, from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us — flat.

papegøjeplade (Danish): a license plate that is partially yellow, in Denmark signifying a car that can be used both for commercial and private uses

Definitions

  1. a license plate that is partially yellow, in Denmark signifying a car that can be used both for commercial and private uses

Ancestry of “papegøjeplade”, step by step

papegøjeplade traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish plade

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishpladeplate
2Old Norseplata—
3Middle Low Germanplate—
4Latinplatasilver
5Vulgar Latinplattametal plate
6Latinplattusflattened
7Ancient Greekπλατύςwide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat

via Danish papegøje

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishpapegøjeparrot
2Middle Low Germanpapegoie—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us →Every word from Ancient Greek πλατύς →