Middle English platten

← Old English plættan (inherited)

← Old English plætt (cognate)

← German platzen (cognate)

← Middle Dutch [[platten]], [[pletten]] (cognate)

← English pat (mention)

← Proto-Germanic *platjaną (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European [[*blod-]], [[*bled-]] (inherited)

← Dutch pletteren (cognate)

← Swedish plätta (cognate)

→ English pat (mention)

→ English plat (inherited)

→ English platt (derived)