Where does “vlakte” come from?
vlakte (English) comes from Afrikaans vlakte, from Dutch vlakte, 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 (English): A plain
Ancestry of “vlakte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Afrikaans | vlakte | Flatness, levelness; A plain |
| 2 | Dutch | vlakte | Flatness, levelness; A plain, an expanse |
| 3 | Dutch | vlak | flat, plane; A plain, a flat surface; A domain,... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | vlac | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | flak | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *flak | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | flakaz | flat |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥keh | flat surface |