Where does “plåga” come from?

plåga (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish plagha, from Middle Low German plage, from Latin plāga, from Latin plagius, from Ancient Greek πλάγιος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

plåga (Swedish): a pain, a plague; to cause pain, to plague

Definitions

  1. a pain, a plague; to cause pain, to plague

Ancestry of “plåga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishplagha—
2Middle Low Germanplage—
3Latinplāgaplague, misfortune
4Latinplagius—
5Ancient Greekπλάγιοςplaced sideways, slanting, aslant
6Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “plåga”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐος →Every word from Ancient Greek πλάγιος →