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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pleḱ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

Extended from *pel- (“to fold”).

Root

*pleḱ-[1][2]

  1. to fold, plait, weave

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pleḱ-‎ (15 c, 0 e)
  • *pléḱ-e-ti (root present)
    • Proto-Hellenic: *plékō
  • *pleḱ-eh₂-ye-ti
    • Proto-Italic: *plekāō
      • Latin: plicō (with i from its compounds)
  • *pléḱ-te-ti[3][4]
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *pleśtei
      • Proto-Slavic: *plestì (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *flehtaną (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Italic: *plektō
  • *pleḱ-tó-
    • Proto-Hellenic: *plektós
      • Ancient Greek: πλεκτός (plektós)
  • *pleḱ-nó-s or *ploḱ-nó-s
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *praćnás
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *praśnás
        • Sanskrit: प्रश्न (praśná, “basket-work, a plaited basket; turban”) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Iranian: *pracnáh
        • Younger Avestan: 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬋𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬱𐬥𐬀 (ərəzatōfrašna, “having a golden helmet/coat of mail”)
  • *pleḱ-s
    • Proto-Hellenic:
      • Ancient Greek: -πλαξ (-plax) (e.g. δίπλαξ (díplax), τρίπλαξ (tríplax))
    • Proto-Italic: *pleks
  • *ploḱ-s-om
    • Proto-Germanic: *flahsą (see there for further descendants)
  • *ploḱ-o
    • Proto-Germanic: *flaką (“something flat”) (perhaps)
    • Proto-Germanic: *flakaz (“flat”) (see there for further descendants) (perhaps)
    • Proto-Hellenic: *plokos
      • Ancient Greek: πλόκος (plókos)
      • Ancient Greek: -πλοκος (-plokos) (e.g. πολύπλοκος (polúplokos))
  • *plok-o-nos (perhaps)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
      • Latvian: plakans (“flat, even”)
      • Lithuanian: plakãnas (“flat”)
  • *ploḱ-éh₂
  • *plók-e- (perhaps)
    • Proto-Germanic: *flahaną (“to flay, strip”)
  • plók-eh₂ (perhaps)
    • Proto-Germanic: *flahō (“strip”)
      • Old Norse: flá (“strip of land, meadow”)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
      • Lithuanian: plokščias

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “plek̑-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 834-835
  2. Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*plek̑-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 486
  3. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*plestì”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, pages 403-404
  4. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “plectō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 471-472
  • Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
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