Where does “vlak” come from?

vlak (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch vlac, from Old Dutch flak, from Proto-West Germanic *flak, from Proto-Germanic flakaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥keh — flat surface.

vlak (Dutch): flat, plane; A plain, a flat surface; A domain,...

Definitions

  1. flat, plane; A plain, a flat surface; A domain,...

Ancestry of “vlak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchvlac—
2Old Dutchflak—
3Proto-West Germanic*flak—
4Proto-Germanicflakazflat
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥kehflat surface

Words derived from “vlak”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥keh →Every word from Proto-Germanic flakaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *flak →