Where does “placka” come from?
placka (Slovak) comes from Czech plac, from German platz, from French place, from Old French place, from Latin platēa, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα, from Ancient Greek πλατύς, from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us — flat.
placka (Slovak): flat cake usually made from potatoes
Definitions
- flat cake usually made from potatoes
Ancestry of “placka”, step by step
placka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Czech plac
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech | plac | place; square, town square |
| 2 | German | platz | singular imperative of platzen |
| 3 | French | place | place, square, plaza, piazza; place, space, room;... |
| 4 | Old French | place | place; location |
| 5 | Latin | platēa | broad way, street |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πλατεῖα | feminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |