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Where does “pleġa” come from?

pleġa (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic plegō, from Proto-West Germanic -ō, from Proto-Germanic -ô, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

pleġa (Old English): exercise

Definitions

  1. exercise

Ancestry of “pleġa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicplegōcare; an exercise; a game
2Proto-West Germanic-ōCreates adverbs from adjectives; Creates agent...
3Proto-Germanic-ô-ly; Forms agent nouns, often from the zero-grade...
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “pleġa”

  • plai
  • neamhspleách
  • spleách
  • spleá
  • spled
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →