Where does “Fläche” come from?
Fläche (German) comes 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.
Fläche (German): surface; surface, a two-dimensional manifold;...
Definitions
- surface; surface, a two-dimensional manifold;...
Ancestry of “Fläche”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | vleche | — |
| 2 | Old High German | flah | flat, smooth |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *flak | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | flakaz | flat |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥keh | flat surface |
Words derived from “Fläche”