myEtymology.com: Spanish etymology of llaga

Etymology of the Spanish word llaga

the Spanish word llaga

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, Portuguese chaga, Swedish ploga