Where does “Plöttje” come from?

Plöttje (Low German) comes from Dutch plotten, from English plot, from Middle English plot, from Old English plot, from Proto-Germanic plataz, from Proto-Indo-European b(e)lad- — to strike, beat.

Plöttje (Low German): shard

Definitions

  1. shard

Ancestry of “Plöttje”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchplottento plot, to trace out
2EnglishplotThe course of a story, comprising a series of...
3Middle Englishplotplot of land
4Old Englishplota plot of ground
5Proto-Germanicplatazslap, strike, blow
6Proto-Indo-Europeanb(e)lad-to strike, beat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European b(e)lad- →Every word from Proto-Germanic plataz →Every word from Old English plot →
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