Where does “hljómplata” come from?
hljómplata (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic plata, from Danish plade, from Old Norse plata, from Middle Low German plate, from Latin plata, from Vulgar Latin platta, from Latin plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς — flat.
hljómplata (Icelandic): vinyl record, gramophone record
Definitions
- vinyl record, gramophone record
Ancestry of “hljómplata”, step by step
hljómplata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic plata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | plata | plate; record; to trick, deceive |
| 2 | Danish | plade | plate |
| 3 | Old Norse | plata | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | plate | — |
| 5 | Latin | plata | silver |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | platta | metal plate |
| 7 | Latin | plattus | flattened |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |