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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/plútas

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

Probably a fossilized adjective, continuing Proto-Indo-European *plutós from *plew- (“to flow”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πλυτός (plutós, “washed”), Sanskrit प्लुत (pluta, “flowing, washing”) and further akin to Proto-Germanic *flutą (whence German Fluss (“river, flow”), Dutch vlot (“quick”)).

Noun

*plútas m[1][2]

  1. raft

Inflection
Declension of *plútas (o-stem, fixed accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *plútas *plútōˀ *plútai(ˀ)
Accusative *plútan *plútōˀ *plútō(ˀ)ns
Genitive *plútā *plútāu(ˀ) *plútōn
Locative *plútai *plútāu(ˀ) *plútaišu
Dative *plútōi *plútamā(ˀ) *plútamas
Instrumental *plútōˀ *plútamāˀ *plútōis
Vocative *plúte *plútōˀ *plútai(ˀ)

Alternative reconstructions
  • *plúta n

Descendants
  • East Baltic:
    • Latvian: pluts
  • Proto-Slavic: *plъ̀tъ (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*plъ̀tъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 407: “BSl. *plútom”
  2. Derksen, Rick (2015) “pluts”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 545: “BSl. *plútom”
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