plag

Meaning

1. (feminine) a cut-out sod, an excavated flat piece of top soil grown with grasses or heath; in the past used as fuel or roof covering
2. (feminine) a flat, excavated piece of peat
3. (archaic, feminine) a cloth, a rag

Synonyms

zode

Pronounced as (IPA)

/plɑx/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: plagge

Cognate with Latvian: plēst

Cognate with Swedish: plagg

In summary

From Middle Dutch plagge (“cloth, rag; sod”). Of uncertain ultimate origin: perhaps a pre-Germanic (but Indo-European) substrate in which the p- has not undergone Grimm's law; compare Latvian plēst (“to tear off”). Also compare Proto-Germanic *flahaną (“to skin”). Related to Swedish plagg.