Where does “plas-dras” come from?

plas-dras (Dutch) comes from Dutch plas, from Middle English plasch, from Old English plæsċ — pool, puddle.

plas-dras (Dutch): wet, swampy grassland, usually pastures where the water table is close to the surface, which is well suited for grassland wader birds

Definitions

  1. wet, swampy grassland, usually pastures where the water table is close to the surface, which is well suited for grassland wader birds

Ancestry of “plas-dras”, step by step

plas-dras traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch plas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchplasa body of still water, pool; puddle; urine
2Middle Englishplasch—
3Old Englishplæsċpool, puddle

via Dutch dras

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdrasmarshy, boggy
Every word from Old English plæsċ →Every word from Middle English plasch →Every word from Dutch plas →