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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pele-

flan

EN:Etymology 1

(1846) Borrowed from French flan (“cheesecake, custard tart, flan”),

from Old French flaon,

from Late Latin fladō (“flat cake”),

from Frankish *flado, *flatho (“flat cake”),

from Proto-Germanic *flaþô (“flat cake”),

from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂t- (“broad, flat”),

from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to spread out, be broad, be flat”).

Akin to Old High German flado (“flat cake, offering cake”). More at flathe.

FR

From Old French flaon,

from Late Latin fladonem,

accusative of flado (“flat cake”),

from Frankish *flado (“flat cake”),

from Proto-Germanic *flaþô (“flat, broad”),

from Proto-Indo-European *plat-, *pla- (“flat, broad”),

from Proto-Indo-European *pele- (“to spread out, broad, flat”).

Akin to Old High German flado (“flat cake, offering cake”) (German Fladen), Dutch vla (“baked custard”).

flake

From Middle English flake (“a flake of snow”),

from Old English *flacca,

from Old Norse flak (“loose or torn piece”),

from Proto-Germanic *flaką (“something flat”),

from Proto-Indo-European *pele- (“flat, broad, plain”).

Cognate with Norwegian flak (“slice, sliver”, literally “piece torn off”), Swedish flak (“a thin slice”), Danish flage (“flake”), German Flocke (“flake”), Dutch vlak (“smooth surface, plain”) and vlok (“flake”), Latin plaga (“flat surface, district, region”).

placate

From Latin plācātus,

past participle of plācō (“appease, placate”, literally “smooth, smoothen”),

from Proto-Indo-European *plāk- (“smooth, flat”),

from Proto-Indo-European *pele- (“broad, flat, plain”).

Related to Latin placeō (“appease”), Old English flōh (“flat stone, chip”). More at please.

flatter

Etymology 2

From Middle English flatteren, flateren (“to flutter, float, fawn over”), probably a conflation of Old English floterian, flotorian (“to flutter, float, be disquieted”),

from Proto-Germanic *flutrōną (“to be floating”),

from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, *plew-, *plōw- (“to flow, swim”); and Old Norse flaðra (“to fawn on someone, flatter”),

from Proto-Germanic *flaþrōną (“to fawn over, flutter”),

from Proto-Indo-European *peled- (“moisture, wetness”), *pel- (“to gush, pour out, fill, flow, swim, fly”).

Cognate with Scots flatter, flotter (“to float; splash; cover with liquid”), Middle Dutch flatteren (“to embellish, flatter, caress”), German flattern (“to flutter”).

The word was also associated with Middle French flatter (“to flatter, to caress with the flat of the hand”),

from Old French flater (“to deceive by concealing the truth, to stroke with the palm of the hand”),

from Frankish *flat (“palm, flat of the hand”),

from Proto-Germanic *flatą, *flatō (“palm, sole”), *flataz (“flat”),

from Proto-Indo-European *plÁt-, *pele-, *plet-, *plāk- (“flat, broad, plain”);

related to Old High German flazza (“palm, flat of the hand”), Old High German flaz (“level, flat”), Old Saxon flat (“flat”), Old Norse flatr (“flat”) (whence English flat), Old Frisian flet, flette (“dwelling, house”), Old English flet, flett (“ground floor, dwelling”). More at flat.

FR

From Middle French flatter (“to flatter, to caress with the flat of the hand”),

from Old French flater (“to deceive by concealing the truth, to stroke with the palm of the hand”),

from Frankish flat (“palm, flat of the hand”),

from Proto-Germanic *flatą, *flatō (“palm, sole”), *flataz (“flat”),

from Proto-Indo-European *plÁt-, *pele-, *plet-, *plāk- (“flat, broad, plain”).

Cognate with Old High German flazza (“palm, flat of the hand”), Old High German flaz (“level, flat”), Old Saxon flat (“flat”), Old Norse flatr (“flat”) (whence English flat), Old Frisian flet, flette (“dwelling, house”), Old English flet, flett (“ground floor, dwelling”). More at flat, flétrir.

plaga

LA:Etymology 1

From plango (“strike”),

from *pleh₂k-.

Cognate with Ancient Greek πληγή (plēgḗ, “wound”). Also dubiously cognate or influenced by *pleh₂-.

LA:Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *pele- (“flat, broad, plain”).

Cognate with Ancient Greek πλάγος (plágos, “side, flank”), Old High German flah (“flat, smooth”), Middle Low German vlake (“hurdle, small grid”), Old Norse flaki (“plank, canopy, shed”). More at flake.

πέλαγος

From Ancient Greek,

from Proto-Indo-European *pele- (“flat, broad, plain”).

Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/flakaz

From Proto-Indo-European *plāg-, *plāk-, *pele- (“broad, wide, flat”).

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