Where does “plekk” come from?

plekk (Old Frisian) comes from Middle Dutch plecke, from Old Dutch plekka, from Proto-Germanic plakjō — spot, stain; patch, place.

Ancestry of “plekk”, step by step

plekk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Dutch plecke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchplecke—
2Old Dutchplekkamark, spot, place
3Proto-Germanicplakjōspot, stain; patch, place

via Proto-Germanic flekka-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicflekka-spot; mark; blemish
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂k-to beat, strike; to strike, fast; to beat, hit,...

Words derived from “plekk”

Every word from Proto-Germanic plakjō →Every word from Old Dutch plekka →Every word from Middle Dutch plecke →