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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Low German | plegen | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | plegan | to procure |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | plehan | to stand up for; to be responsible for |