Where does “pladeforretning” come from?

pladeforretning (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.

pladeforretning (Danish): record store, record shop

Definitions

  1. record store, record shop

Ancestry of “pladeforretning”, step by step

pladeforretning 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 forretning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishforretningstore; business
2Danish-ningAlternative form of -ing; -ing; action of
3Old Norse-ning
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂usEvery word from Ancient Greek πλατύς