flet

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*pleth₂-“flat, broad”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*flatją“a flat or level surface, level ground, floor, hallway”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*flati
4. Old English · inherited fromflet
5. Middle English · inherited fromflet“floor of a house; house”
6. English todayflet

From Middle English flet (“floor of a house; house”), from Old English flet, flett (“the ground; the floor of a house; house; dwelling”), from Proto-West Germanic *flati, from Proto-Germanic *flatją (“a flat or level surface, level ground, floor, hallway”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat, broad”). Cognate with Dutch vlet (“flat-bottomed vessel, dory”), Low German Flet (“an upper bedroom”), German Fletz, Flötz (“level ground, threshing floor, hallway, set of rooms or benches”). More at flat.

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