Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plъtъ

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plъtь

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 *plútas, from Proto-Indo-European *plutós, from *plew- (“to flow”). Equivalent to the 0-grade of pre-Slavic *pelti (“to fold, to flow”) +‎ *-ъtъ. Cognate with Latvian pluts (“raft, ferry”) (possibly a borrowing from Slavic). Further akin to Ancient Greek πλυτός (plutós, “washed”), Sanskrit प्लुत (pluta, “flowing, washing”), German Fluss (“river, flow”).

Noun

*plъ̀tъ m

1. raft

Inflection

Declension of *plъ̀tъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*plъ̀tъ	*plъtà	*plъtì
genitive	*plъtà	*plъtù	*plъ̀tъ
dative	*plъtù	*plъtòma	*plъtòmъ
accusative	*plъ̀tъ	*plъtà	*plъtỳ
instrumental	*plъtъ̀mь, *plъtòmь*	*plъtòma	*plъ̀ty
locative	*plъtě̀	*plъtù	*plъ̀těxъ
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 Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress