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Where does “plat-” come from?

plat- (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European b(e)lad- — to strike, beat.

plat- (Proto-Germanic): to strike, beat

Definitions

  1. to strike, beat

Ancestry of “plat-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanb(e)lad-to strike, beat

Words derived from “plat-”

  • pat
  • patdown
  • cowpat
  • patly
  • patness
  • pattest
  • patteth
  • patball
  • bepat
  • down pat
  • zerplatzen
  • aufplatzen
  • platzen
  • pletten
  • platten
  • patten
  • plættan
  • blazzen
  • blatzen
  • platzen
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