Where does “plaka” come from?

plaka (Tagalog) comes from Spanish placa, from French plaque, from Middle Dutch placken, from Middle Dutch placke, from Old Dutch plagga, from Proto-Germanic plaggą — a piece of cloth or fabric; a patch.

plaka (Tagalog): record; license plate

Definitions

  1. record; license plate

Ancestry of “plaka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishplacaplate; shield, sign; badge
2Frenchplaquesheet, plate; slab; plaque
3Middle Dutchplackento patch, beat metal into a thin plate
4Middle Dutchplackedisk, patch, stain; name of a coin
5Old Dutchplaggapatch
6Proto-Germanicplaggąa piece of cloth or fabric; a patch
Every word from Proto-Germanic plaggą →Every word from Old Dutch plagga →Every word from Middle Dutch placke →