Proto-Germanic

*platjaną

‘to strike, beat’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *platjaną.

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *platjaną, most familiar first.

• platt ← platten ← plættan ← *plattjan
• platz ← פּלאַצן ← platzen ← *blazzen
• plotz ← פּלאַצן ← platzen ← *blazzen

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *platjaną