Where does “Palast” come from?

Palast (German) comes from Bulgarian плащ, from Old Church Slavonic плащь, from Proto-Slavic plaščь — cloak, overcoat, mantle.

Palast (German): palace

Definitions

  1. palace

Ancestry of “Palast”, step by step

Palast traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bulgarian плащ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianплащcloak
2Old Church Slavonicплащьcloak, overcoat, mantle
3Proto-Slavicplaščьcloak, overcoat, mantle

via Serbo-Croatian plašt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianplaštmantle, cloak, cape; mask, veil
2Proto-Slavicplastъlayer

Words derived from “Palast”

Every word from Proto-Slavic plaščь →Every word from Old Church Slavonic плащь →Every word from Bulgarian плащ →