myEtymology.com: Portuguese etymology of chaga

Etymology of the Portuguese word chaga

the Portuguese word chaga

derived from the Vulgar Latin word plaga (hunting net, web, trap; stroke, blow, stripe; tract, region, quarter)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *plak-

Dutch plaag, English plague, French plaie, German Plage, Italian piaga, Norwegian plage, Polish plaga, Spanish llaga, Swedish ploga