Where does “plága” come from?

plága (Old Norse) comes from Middle Low German plegen, from Old Saxon plegan, from Proto-West Germanic plehan — to stand up for; to be responsible for.

Ancestry of “plága”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanplegen—
2Old Saxonpleganto procure
3Proto-West Germanicplehanto stand up for; to be responsible for

Words derived from “plága”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic plehan →Every word from Old Saxon plegan →Every word from Middle Low German plegen →