Where does “plāk-” come from?

plāk- (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European pele- — broad, flat, plain; broad, wide, flat.

plāk- (Proto-Indo-European): broad, flat; smooth, flat; flat, broad, plain

Definitions

  1. broad, flat; smooth, flat; flat, broad, plain

Ancestry of “plāk-”, step by step

plāk- traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European pele-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpele-broad, flat, plain; broad, wide, flat

via Proto-Indo-European pleh₂-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat

Words derived from “plāk-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pele- →