Where does “Planwagen” come from?

Planwagen (German) comes from German plane, from English plain, from Middle English pleyn, from Anglo-Norman pleyn, from Old French playn, from Old French plain, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic plēnos — to fill.

Planwagen (German): covered wagon

Definitions

  1. covered wagon

Ancestry of “Planwagen”, step by step

Planwagen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German plane

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanplaneinflection of planen: ## first-person singular...
2EnglishplainFlat, level; Simple; Obvious
3Middle Englishpleynclear; unambiguous
4Anglo-NormanpleynAlternative form of plein
5Old Frenchplayn
6Old Frenchplainfull; plain; flat
7Latinplēnusfull; filled; complete
8Proto-Italicplēnosfull
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via German wägen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwägento weigh something
2Middle High Germanwāgen
3Middle High Germanwāgewave; scale
4Middle Low Germanwāgewave
5Old Saxonwagwave
6Proto-West Germanicwāgwave
7Proto-Germanicwēgazwave; sea
8Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁-