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Where does “pleća” come from?

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

pleća (Serbo-Croatian): shoulders, back

Definitions

  1. shoulders, back

Ancestry of “pleća”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pleća”

  • oplećje
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- →