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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/plúnksneh₂
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Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
From *plú-n-k-, *plew-n-k-, from nasal-infix of *plewk- (“to fly, float”) + *-sneh₂.
Noun
*plúnksneh₂ f[1]
- feather
Inflection
| Thematic in *-eh₂ | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *plúnksneh₂ | ||
| genitive | *plúnksneh₂s | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *plúnksneh₂ | — | — |
| vocative | *plúnksneh₂ | — | — |
| accusative | *plúnksnām | — | — |
| genitive | *plúnksneh₂s | — | — |
| ablative | *plúnksneh₂s | — | — |
| dative | *plúnksneh₂ey | — | — |
| locative | *plúnksneh₂, *plúnksneh₂i | — | — |
| instrumental | *plúnksneh₂h₁ | — | — |
Descendants
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *plúnksnāˀ
- Latvian: plūksnas, plūksnes
- Lithuanian: plùnksna, plū́ksna
- Old Prussian: planxdine
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*fleugan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 146: “*plu-n-k-sneh₂”