Where does “stridsplats” come from?

stridsplats (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.

stridsplats (Swedish): battlefield

Definitions

  1. battlefield

Ancestry of “stridsplats”, step by step

stridsplats 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 strid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishstridrapid, swift, rich; a fight, a battle, a quarrel
2Old Swedishstridhstrife, war
3Old Norsestríðinflection of stríðr: ## positive degree strong...
4Proto-Germanicstrīdazbattle, fight
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂-
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