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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plъtъ

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

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]

  1. raft

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: плот (plot)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “плот”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “plъtъ plъta”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b raft (NA 119; PR 134)
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