Where does “Abstellfläche” come from?

Abstellfläche (German) comes from German fläche, from Middle High German vleche, from Old High German flah, from Proto-West Germanic *flak, from Proto-Germanic flakaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥keh — flat surface.

Abstellfläche (German): surface on which something can be put, placed, parked, left

Definitions

  1. surface on which something can be put, placed, parked, left

Ancestry of “Abstellfläche”, step by step

Abstellfläche traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German fläche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanflächesurface
2Middle High Germanvleche
3Old High Germanflahflat, smooth
4Proto-West Germanic*flak
5Proto-Germanicflakazflat
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥kehflat surface

via German abstellen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanabstellento put down, to set down; to turn off, to switch...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥kehEvery word from Proto-Germanic flakazEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *flak