Where does “pļāpīgs” come from?

pļāpīgs (Latvian) comes from Latvian pļāpa, from Latvian pļāpāt, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

pļāpīgs (Latvian): chatty, talkative

Definitions

  1. chatty, talkative

Ancestry of “pļāpīgs”, step by step

pļāpīgs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian pļāpa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianpļāpachatty person, chatterbox
2Latvianpļāpātto chat, to chatter, to babble, to gossip
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

via English plap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishplapTo plash; fall with a plashing sound
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel- →Every word from Latvian pļāpāt →Every word from Latvian pļāpa →