Where does “плећа” come from?

плећа (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic pleťe, from Proto-Balto-Slavic plet-, from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- — flat.

плећа (Serbo-Croatian): shoulders, back

Definitions

  1. shoulders, back

Ancestry of “плећа”, step by step

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

Words derived from “плећа”

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