Where does “pláss” come from?

pláss (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse plaz, from Middle Low German platse, from Latin platēa, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα, from Ancient Greek πλατύς, from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us, from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- — flat.

pláss (Icelandic): room, space

Definitions

  1. room, space

Ancestry of “pláss”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseplaz
2Middle Low Germanplatse
3Latinplatēabroad way, street
4Ancient Greekπλατεῖαfeminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine...
5Ancient Greekπλατύςwide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat

Words derived from “pláss

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂usEvery word from Ancient Greek πλατύς