Related also to Old English plēon ( “ to risk, endanger ” ). ” ), from Proto-West Germanic *plehan ( “ to care about, be concerned with ” ) and Proto-West Germanic *plegōn ( “ to engage, move ” ) both perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *blek- ( “ to move, move about ” ), from Proto-Indo-European *bal- (compare Ancient Greek βλύω ( blúō ), βλύζω ( blúzō, “ I gush out, spring ” ), Sanskrit बल्बलीति ( balbalīti, “ it whirls, twirls ” )).Ĭognate with Scots play ( “ to act or move briskly, cause to move, stir ” ), Saterland Frisian pleegje ( “ to look after, care for, maintain ” ), West Frisian pleegje, pliigje ( “ to commit, perform, bedrive ” ), Middle Dutch pleyen ( "to dance, leap for joy, rejoice, be glad" compare Modern Dutch pleien ( “ to play a particular children's game ” ) ), Dutch plegen ( “ to commit, bedrive, practice ” ), German pflegen ( “ to care for, be concerned with, attend to, tend ” ).
From Middle English pleyen, playen, pleȝen, plæien, also Middle English plaȝen, plawen ( compare English plaw ), from Old English pleġan, pleoġan, plæġan, and Old English plegian, pleagian, plagian ( “ to play, exercise, etc.
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