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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plъtъ
See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plъtь
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *plútas, itself from Proto-Indo-European *plutós, from *plew- (“to flow”). Cognate with Latvian pluts (“raft, ferry”) (possibly borrowed from Slavic). Outside of Balto-Slavic, further cognate with Ancient Greek πλυτός (plutós, “washed”), Sanskrit प्लुत (pluta, “flowing, washing”), German Fluss (“river, flow”).
Noun
*plъ̀tъ m[1][2]
- raft
Inflection
Declension of *plъ̀tъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *plъ̀tъ | *plъtà | *plъtì |
| Accusative | *plъ̀tъ | *plъtà | *plъtỳ |
| Genitive | *plъtà | *plъtù | *plъ̀tъ |
| Locative | *plъtě̀ | *plъtù | *plъ̀těxъ |
| Dative | *plъtù | *plъtòma | *plъtòmъ |
| Instrumental | *plъtъ̀mь, *plъtòmь* | *plъtòma | *plъ̀ty |
| Vocative | *plъte | *plъtà | *plъtì |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: плот (plot)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: pleť f
- Old Polish: płet
- Slovak: plť f
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “плот”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*plъ̀tъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 407
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “plъtъ plъta”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b raft (NA 119; PR 134)”