Where does “plugg” come from?

plugg (Swedish) comes from English plugger, from English plug, from Dutch plug, from Dutch plugge, from Middle Dutch plugge, from Old Dutch pluggi, from Proto-Germanic plugjaz.

plugg (Swedish): a plug (piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole)

Definitions

  1. a plug (piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole)

Ancestry of “plugg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpluggerOne who, or that which, plugs; A dental...
2EnglishplugA pronged connecting device which fits into a...
3Dutchplugwall plug
4Dutchplugge—
5Middle Dutchpluggepeg, plug
6Old Dutchpluggi—
7Proto-Germanicplugjaz—

Words derived from “plugg”

Every word from Proto-Germanic plugjaz →