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Where does “Plack” come from?

Plack (Luxembourgish) comes from French plaque, from Middle Dutch placken, from Middle Dutch placke, from Old Dutch plagga, from Proto-Germanic plaggą — a piece of cloth or fabric; a patch.

Plack (Luxembourgish): sheet, plate; slab, tablet; plaque

Definitions

  1. sheet, plate; slab, tablet; plaque

Ancestry of “Plack”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchplaquesheet, plate; slab; plaque
2Middle Dutchplackento patch, beat metal into a thin plate
3Middle Dutchplackedisk, patch, stain; name of a coin
4Old Dutchplaggapatch
5Proto-Germanicplaggąa piece of cloth or fabric; a patch
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