Where does “plako” come from?
plako (Ido) comes from French plaque, from Middle Dutch placken, from Middle Dutch placke, from Old Dutch plagga, from Proto-Germanic plaggą — a piece of cloth or fabric; a patch.
plako (Ido): plate, sheet, slab: flat piece of metal, etc;...
Definitions
- plate, sheet, slab: flat piece of metal, etc;...
Ancestry of “plako”, step by step
plako traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French plaque
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | plaque | sheet, plate; slab; plaque |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | placken | to patch, beat metal into a thin plate |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | placke | disk, patch, stain; name of a coin |
| 4 | Old Dutch | plagga | patch |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | plaggą | a piece of cloth or fabric; a patch |
via Russian пли́тка
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | пли́тка | a (small, thin) slab; a (small) cooking range, stove |
| 2 | Russian | -ка | now, just |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ьka | — |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | -ikaʔ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ikeh₂ | — |
via Italian placca
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | placca | plate; plaque; third-person singular present... |