Where does “плечо́” come from?

плечо́ (Russian) comes from Proto-Slavic pleťe, from Proto-Balto-Slavic plet-, from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- — flat.

плечо́ (Russian): shoulder

Definitions

  1. shoulder

Ancestry of “плечо́”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpleťeshoulder
2Proto-Balto-Slavicplet-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat

Words derived from “плечо́”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic plet- →Every word from Proto-Slavic pleťe →