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Where does “plegō” come from?

plegō (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-West Germanic -ō, from Proto-Germanic -ô, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

plegō (Proto-West Germanic): care; an exercise; a game

Definitions

  1. care; an exercise; a game

Ancestry of “plegō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic-ōCreates adverbs from adjectives; Creates agent...
2Proto-Germanic-ô-ly; Forms agent nouns, often from the zero-grade...
3Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “plegō”

  • playful
  • playfully
  • playfulness
  • unplayful
  • unplayfully
  • nonplayful
  • unplayfulness
  • playfuller
  • overplayful
  • pflegeleicht
  • pflegebedürftig
  • Pflegeheim
  • pfleglich
  • Rassenpflege
  • Pflegling
  • Pflege
  • Silberpflege
  • pleye
  • pleiful
  • plæġ
  • plega
  • plegian
  • plæġa
  • pflega
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