Etymology

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Yiddish פּלאַצן
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  1. Yiddish · derived fromפּלאַצן“to split, crack, burst, explode”
  2. English todayplotz

From Yiddish פּלאַצן (platsn, “to split, crack, burst, explode”).

Words from the same roots

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