Where does “plåt” come from?

plåt (Swedish) comes 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.

plåt (Swedish): sheet metal; a plate, a tray, a flat object; an...

Definitions

  1. sheet metal; a plate, a tray, a flat object; an...

Ancestry of “plåt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanplate—
2Latinplatasilver
3Vulgar Latinplattametal plate
4Latinplattusflattened
5Ancient Greekπλατύςwide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat

Words derived from “plåt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us →Every word from Ancient Greek πλατύς →