Where does “plakken” come from?

plakken (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch placken, from Middle Dutch placke, from Old Dutch plagga, from Proto-Germanic plaggą — a piece of cloth or fabric; a patch.

plakken (Dutch): to stick; to glue, to paste; to paste

Definitions

  1. to stick; to glue, to paste; to paste

Ancestry of “plakken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchplackento patch, beat metal into a thin plate
2Middle Dutchplackedisk, patch, stain; name of a coin
3Old Dutchplaggapatch
4Proto-Germanicplaggąa piece of cloth or fabric; a patch

Words derived from “plakken”

Every word from Proto-Germanic plaggą →