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

plat- traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European b(e)lad-

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

via Proto-Indo-European b(e)led-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanb(e)led-to strike, beat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European b(e)lad-