Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plesno

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-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat”) + *-sno, cognate with Lithuanian plẽkšnė (“bottom, foundation”), plesnà (“foot”), Latvian pleksna (“bottom of foot”), Old Prussian plasmeno (“bottom of foot”) (probably all of them derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pletsna). Further related to Proto-Slavic *pleťe (“shoulder, scapula”)

Alternative form with -ju- vocalism is probably from related root *pleh₂(w)-, akin to Latin plautus (“flat-footed”).

Noun

*plesno n or *plesna f

1. sole (bottom surface of the foot)

   Synonym: *podъšьvь

2. (by extension) metatarsus

Alternative forms

• *pľusno, *pľusna

Declension

Declension of *plesno (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*plesno	*plesně	*plesna
genitive	*plesna	*plesnu	*plesnъ
dative	*plesnu	*plesnoma	*plesnomъ
accusative	*plesno	*plesně	*plesna
instrumental	*plesnъmь, *plesnomь*	*plesnoma	*plesny
locative	*plesně	*plesnu	*plesněxъ
vocative	*plesno	*plesně	*plesna

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

Derived terms

• *plesnьce, *plesnica (“sandal”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old Ruthenian: плесна (plesna), плюсна (pljusna), плюсьна (pljusʹna)
    • Belarusian: пле́сна (pljésna), плюсна́ (pljusná)
    • Ukrainian: пле́сно (plésno), плю́сно (pljúsno)
  • Russian: плесна́ (plesná), плюсна́ (pljusná)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: плесно (plesno), плесна (plesna)
  • Bulgarian: пле́сна (plésna) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian: (dialectal)

    Cyrillic script: плесно

    Latin script: plesno

  • Slovene: plésna (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: plesna
  • Polish: plośna, plosnia

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Latvian: plezna (“metatarsus”)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “плесна”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “плесно”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “плесна² (същ.)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 340
• “plesna”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012