Where does “pleie” come from?

pleie (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Low German plegen.

pleie (Norwegian Nynorsk): care, nursing

Definitions

  1. care, nursing

Ancestry of “pleie”, step by step

pleie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Low German plegen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Low Germanplegen

via Old Norse plega

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseplega

Words derived from “pleie

Every word from Low German plegen