Where does “plak” come from?
plak (Dutch) comes from French plaque, from Middle Dutch placken, from Middle Dutch placke, from Old Dutch plagga, from Proto-Germanic plaggą — a piece of cloth or fabric; a patch.
plak (Dutch): a slice, rasher (of bacon or cheese), slab (of chocolate)
Definitions
- a slice, rasher (of bacon or cheese), slab (of chocolate)
Ancestry of “plak”, step by step
plak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French plaque
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | plaque | sheet, plate; slab; plaque |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | placken | to patch, beat metal into a thin plate |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | placke | disk, patch, stain; name of a coin |
| 4 | Old Dutch | plagga | patch |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | plaggą | a piece of cloth or fabric; a patch |
via Dutch plakken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | plakken | to stick; to glue, to paste; to paste |