Proto-West Germanic

*plehan

‘to care about, be concerned with’

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

2 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *plehan, most familiar first.

• play ← pleyen ← plegian
• plight ← pliht ← *plihti

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *plehan