Where does “Flach” come from?

Flach (Low German) comes from Middle Low German vlak, from Old Saxon flak, from Proto-Germanic *flak, from Proto-Germanic flakaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥keh — flat surface.

Flach (Low German): surface

Definitions

  1. surface

Ancestry of “Flach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanvlak
2Old Saxonflak
3Proto-Germanic*flak
4Proto-Germanicflakazflat
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥kehflat surface

Words derived from “Flach

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥kehEvery word from Proto-Germanic flakazEvery word from Proto-Germanic *flak
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