Where does “plooturaha” come from?
plooturaha (Finnish) comes from Finnish plootu, from Swedish plåt, from Middle Low German plate, from Latin plata, from Vulgar Latin platta, from Latin plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς, from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us — flat.
Ancestry of “plooturaha”, step by step
plooturaha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish plootu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | plootu | A plate of copper of up to 15 kilograms in... |
| 2 | Swedish | plåt | sheet metal; a plate, a tray, a flat object; an... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | plate | — |
| 4 | Latin | plata | silver |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | platta | metal plate |
| 6 | Latin | plattus | flattened |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |