Where does “plats” come from?
plats (Latvian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic platu-s, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥th₂us, from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- — flat.
plats (Latvian): wide, broad; broad, lax
Ancestry of “plats”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | platu-s | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥th₂us | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |
Words derived from “plats”