Where does “Flächen” come from?

Flächen (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Fläch, from Luxembourgish Flächt, from Luxembourgish flaach, from Middle High German vlach, from Old High German flah, from Proto-West Germanic *flak, from Proto-Germanic flakaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥keh — flat surface.

Flächen (Luxembourgish): plural of Fläch

Definitions

  1. plural of Fläch

Ancestry of “Flächen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishFlächarea
2LuxembourgishFlächt—
3Luxembourgishflaachflat, level
4Middle High Germanvlach—
5Old High Germanflahflat, smooth
6Proto-West Germanic*flak—
7Proto-Germanicflakazflat
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥kehflat surface
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥keh →Every word from Proto-Germanic flakaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *flak →