Where does “fläch” come from?

fläch (Luxembourgish) comes 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.

fläch (Luxembourgish): area

Definitions

  1. area

Ancestry of “fläch”, step by step

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