Where does “spljoštiti” come from?

spljoštiti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian ploha, from Czech plocha, from Czech plochý, from Proto-Slavic ploxъ — flat, bad, evil, poor.

spljoštiti (Serbo-Croatian): to flatten

Definitions

  1. to flatten

Ancestry of “spljoštiti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianplohaplane (level or flat surface)
2Czechplochaarea measure of squared distance
3Czechplochýflat, plane
4Proto-Slavicploxъflat, bad, evil, poor
Every word from Proto-Slavic ploxъ →Every word from Czech plochý →Every word from Czech plocha →