flet
Old English
noun
Definitions
- the floor, ground
- a dwelling, habitation, house, cottage, hall
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *flatją (floor, a flat level surface, level ground, hallway), *flataz (flat) derived from Proto-Indo-European *plat- (flat, spread).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*plat-
Gloss
flat, spread
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- flet English
- lattia Finnish
- flatter French
- πλατεῖα Ancient Greek
- *plat- Proto-Indo-European
- *pleth₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *flataz Proto-Germanic
- *flatją Proto-Germanic
- fletgefeoht Old English
- flett Old English
- ġefeoht Old English
- flet Middle English
- flatr Old Norse
- flet Old Norse
- flatter Middle French