Where does “vlakte” come from?

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

vlakte (Dutch): Flatness, levelness; A plain, an expanse

Definitions

  1. Flatness, levelness; A plain, an expanse

Ancestry of “vlakte”, step by step

vlakte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch vlak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvlakflat, plane; A plain, a flat surface; A domain,...
2Middle Dutchvlac—
3Old Dutchflak—
4Proto-West Germanic*flak—
5Proto-Germanicflakazflat
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥kehflat surface

via Dutch te

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchtetoo; to; located at, in, on
2Middle Dutchteat, in; to, towards; at, during
3Old Dutchte—
4Proto-Germanictato
5Proto-Germanictōto
6Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

Words derived from “vlakte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥keh →
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