Where does “plass” come from?

plass (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse plaz, from Middle Low German platse, from Latin platēa, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα, from Ancient Greek πλατύς, from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us, from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- — flat.

plass (Norwegian Bokmål): room, space; a place

Definitions

  1. room, space; a place

Ancestry of “plass”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseplaz
2Middle Low Germanplatse
3Latinplatēabroad way, street
4Ancient Greekπλατεῖαfeminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine...
5Ancient Greekπλατύςwide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat

Words derived from “plass

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂usEvery word from Ancient Greek πλατύς