Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pleťe

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-Balto-Slavic *plet-, from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-.

Noun

*pleťè n

shoulder

Declension

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

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*pleťè	*plèťi	*plèťa
Accusative	*pleťè	*plèťi	*plèťa
Genitive	*pleťà	*pleťu	*plèťь
Locative	*pleťì	*pleťu	*plèťixъ
Dative	*pleťù	*pleťema	*plèťemъ
Instrumental	pleťь̀mь, pleťèmь^*	*pleťema	*plèťi
Vocative	*pleťè	*plèťi	*plèťa

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

Synonyms

*òrmo

Descendants

East Slavic: плече (pleče), плечи du (pleči), плеча pl (pleča)
- Belarusian: плячо́ (pljačó), пле́чы pl (pljéčy)
- Russian: плечо́ (plečó), пле́чи pl (pléči), плеча́ pl (plečá) (archaic)
- Ukrainian: плече́ (plečé), пле́чі pl (pléči)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: плєщє (plešte), плєщи du (plešti), плєща pl (plešta) (“scapula bones”)
- Bulgarian: пле́щи pl (pléšti, “scapula”)
- Macedonian: плеќи pl (pleḱi, “scapula”)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: плѐће, плѐћа pl, пле̏ħи f pl (“scapula”)
  Roman: plèće, plèća pl, plȅći f pl (“scapula”)
  - Montenegrin (Piperi): plećȅ
- Slovene: plêče (“scapula”)
West Slavic:
- Czech: plece
- Kashubian: plecë
- Polabian: plicĕ
- Polish: plece, plecy pl (“back”)
- Silesian: pleca
- Slovak: plece
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: placo
  - Upper Sorbian: pleco
→ Yiddish: פּלייצע‎ (pleytse) (from an indeterminate Slavic language)