Where does “plikas” come from?

plikas (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European plēy-, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

Ancestry of “plikas”, step by step

plikas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European plēy-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanplēy-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

via Proto-Indo-European plī-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanplī-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European plēy- →
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