Where does “plankart” come from?

plankart (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk plan, from German plan, from French plan, from French plain, from Old French plain, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós — to fill.

plankart (Norwegian Nynorsk): a drawn plan of an area, as above

Definitions

  1. a drawn plan of an area, as above

Ancestry of “plankart”, step by step

plankart traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk plan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskplanplane; level; a plan
2Germanplanplanar, flat; plain, forthright
3Frenchplanplan; map; plane
4Frenchplainplane
5Old Frenchplainfull; plain; flat
6Latinplēnusfull; filled; complete
7Proto-Italicplēnosfull
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via Norwegian Nynorsk kart

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskkartunripe fruit or berries; a map
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nósEvery word from Proto-Italic plēnos