Where does “skådeplats” come from?

skådeplats (Swedish) comes from Swedish plats, from Old Swedish platz, from Old Norse plaz, from Middle Low German platse, from Latin platēa, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα, from Ancient Greek πλατύς, from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂us — flat.

skådeplats (Swedish): a theatre, a stage

Definitions

  1. a theatre, a stage

Ancestry of “skådeplats”, step by step

skådeplats traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish plats

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishplatsplace; any geographical position a little larger...
2Old Swedishplatz
3Old Norseplaz
4Middle Low Germanplatse
5Latinplatēabroad way, street
6Ancient Greekπλατεῖαfeminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine...
7Ancient Greekπλατύςwide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat

via Swedish skåda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishskådato watch, to behold
2Old Swedishskaþato harm, hurt, damage, wound
3Old Norseskaðato hurt
4Proto-Germanicskaþōnąto injure, harm, damage
5Proto-Germanicskaþôdamage, scathe; one who causes damage; injurer
6Proto-Indo-Europeansket-to injure

Words derived from “skådeplats

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂usEvery word from Ancient Greek πλατύς