Where does “пло́щадь” come from?

пло́щадь (Russian) comes from Old East Slavic площадь, from Proto-Slavic ploščadь, from Proto-Slavic ploskъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic plak-ska-.

пло́щадь (Russian): square (open area in a town or city)

Definitions

  1. square (open area in a town or city)

Ancestry of “пло́щадь”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicплощадь—
2Proto-Slavicploščadь—
3Proto-Slavicploskъflat
4Proto-Balto-Slavicplak-ska-—

Words derived from “пло́щадь”

Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic plak-ska- →Every word from Proto-Slavic ploskъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic ploščadь →