Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plotъ

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

Equivalent to the o-grade of Pre-Slavic *plekti (“to knit, to twine”) +‎ *-tъ, from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to fold, plait”).

Noun

*plotъ m

1. fence

Inflection

Declension of *plotъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*plotъ	*plota	*ploti
genitive	*plota	*plotu	*plotъ
dative	*plotu	*plotoma	*plotomъ
accusative	*plotъ	*plota	*ploty
instrumental	*plotъmь, *plotomь*	*plotoma	*ploty
locative	*plotě	*plotu	*plotěxъ
vocative	*plote	*plota	*ploti

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *plesti

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: плотъ (plotŭ)
    • Belarusian: плот (plot)
    • Russian: плот (plot) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: пліт (plit)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: плотъ (plotŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱂⰾⱁⱅⱏ (plotŭ)

  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пло̑т

    Latin script: plȏt

  • Slovene: plot
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: plot
  • Polish: płot
  • Slovak: plot
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: płot
    • Upper Sorbian: płót

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*plotъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 406
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “плот”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress