Where does “Platt” come from?

Platt (German) comes from Middle High German blat, from Old High German blat, from Proto-West Germanic blad, from Proto-Germanic bladą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlh̥₃oto, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

Platt (German): Low German

Definitions

  1. Low German

Ancestry of “Platt”, step by step

Platt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German blat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanblatleaf
2Old High Germanblatleaf
3Proto-West Germanicbladleaf; sheet; blade
4Proto-Germanicbladąleaf; sheet; blade
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlh̥₃oto—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Middle Low German plat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanplata smack
2Old Frenchplata footbridge
3Vulgar Latinplattusflattened; flat; smooth
4Ancient Greekπλατύςwide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat

Words derived from “Platt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →