Where does “dunka plåt” come from?
dunka plåt (Swedish) comes from Swedish plåt, from Middle Low German plate, from Latin plata, from Vulgar Latin platta, from Latin plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς, from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us, from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- — flat.
dunka plåt (Swedish): to slap the side of a car with one's hand while sitting in it, usually to the beat of a song
Definitions
- to slap the side of a car with one's hand while sitting in it, usually to the beat of a song
Ancestry of “dunka plåt”, step by step
dunka plåt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish plåt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | plåt | sheet metal; a plate, a tray, a flat object; an... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | plate | — |
| 3 | Latin | plata | silver |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | platta | metal plate |
| 5 | Latin | plattus | flattened |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |
via Swedish dunka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | dunka | to thump, to pound |
| 2 | Old Norse | dengja | to beat, to hammer; to sharpen by hammering |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | dangijaną | to beat, hit |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |