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Where does “plasch” come from?

plasch (Middle English) comes from Old English plæsċ — pool, puddle.

Ancestry of “plasch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishplæsċpool, puddle

Words derived from “plasch”

  • splash
  • splashing
  • plash
  • splurge
  • splashy
  • backsplash
  • plashy
  • splashdown
  • splashboard
  • splasher
  • splashback
  • splashily
  • splashiness
  • splashingly
  • splurgy
  • plashet
  • antisplash
  • splurger
  • splashout
  • dicksplash
  • splash-proof
  • besplash
  • bootsplash
Every word from Old English plæsċ →