Where does “פֿלאַך” come from?

פֿלאַך (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German vlach, from Old High German flah, from Proto-West Germanic *flak, from Proto-Germanic flakaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥keh — flat surface.

פֿלאַך (Yiddish): flat

Definitions

  1. flat

Ancestry of “פֿלאַך”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvlach—
2Old High Germanflahflat, smooth
3Proto-West Germanic*flak—
4Proto-Germanicflakazflat
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥kehflat surface

Words derived from “פֿלאַך”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥keh →Every word from Proto-Germanic flakaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *flak →