Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plaščь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *plastъ (“layer”) or *plaskъ(jь) (“flat”) +‎ *-jь.

Noun

*pla̋ščь m[1][2]

cloak, overcoat, mantle

Declension

Declension of *plãščь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*plãščь	*plāščà	*plāščì
Accusative	*plãščь	*plāščà	*plāščę̇̀
Genitive	*plāščà	*plāščù	*plãščь
Locative	*plāščì	*plāščù	*plãščixъ
Dative	*plāščù	*plāščèma	*plãščemъ
Instrumental	plāščь̀mь, plāščèmь^*	*plāščèma	*plãšči
Vocative	*plašču	*plāščà	*plāščì

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

*plaščenica, *plaščanica

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: плащ (plašč)
- Ukrainian: плащ (plašč)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic: плащь (plaštĭ)
- Bulgarian: плащ (plašt)
- Macedonian: плашт (plašt)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: пла̑шт
  Latin: plȃšt
- Slovene: plášč (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: plášť
- Polish: płaszcz
- Slovak: plášť
- Sorbian:
  Lower Sorbian: płаšć
  Upper Sorbian: płаšć

Non-Slavic:
- → Lithuanian: plõštė
- → Old Prussian: ploaste

References

Olander, Thomas (2001), “plaščь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b frakke (PR 134; RPT 99)”
Snoj, Marko (2016), “plašč”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *plasťь̏ ali *plaščь̏”

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “плащ”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “плащ”, in Етимологічний словник української мови: у 7 т. [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 7 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
Duridanov I., Račeva M., Todorov T., editor (1996), “плащ”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 327

[1] Olander, Thomas (2001), “plaščь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b frakke (PR 134; RPT 99)”

[2] Snoj, Marko (2016), “plašč”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *plasťь̏ ali *plaščь̏”