Where does “plin” come from?

plin (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Czech plyn, from Polish płyn, from Polish płynąć, from Proto-Slavic *plynǫti.

plin (Serbo-Croatian): gas

Definitions

  1. gas

Ancestry of “plin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechplyngas
2Polishpłynfluid
3Polishpłynąćto swim
4Proto-Slavic*plynǫti—
Every word from Proto-Slavic *plynǫti →Every word from Polish płynąć →Every word from Polish płyn →