platten
Middle English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to strike with the hand; to slap
Etymology
Inherited from Old English plættan (buffet, smack, strike, give a sounding blow, slap) inherited from Proto-Germanic *platjaną (strike, beat) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *b(e)led-, *b(e)lad- (beat, strike).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*b(e)led-, *b(e)lad-
Gloss
beat, strike
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Cognates and derived terms
- Platzregen German
- aufplatzen German
- herausplatzen German
- platzen German
- reinplatzen German
- zerplatzen German
- pletten Dutch, Flemish
- pletteren Dutch, Flemish
- pletterpet Dutch, Flemish
- verpletteren Dutch, Flemish
- *b(e)lad- Proto-Indo-European
- *b(e)led-, *b(e)lad- Proto-Indo-European
- *plat- Proto-Germanic
- *platjaną Proto-Germanic
- *plattaz Proto-Germanic
- plætt Old English
- plættan Old English
- *patten Middle English
- pletten Middle Dutch
- *blazzen Old High German
- platzen Middle High German