Reconstruction talk:Proto-Slavic/plęsati

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Etymology[edit]

Shall we risk:

From the Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-, cf pleść, pleat ?

If you ask "risk" then the answer is already no. Your suggestion neglects to explain the nasal vowel. —CodeCat 17:34, 29 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed. What about directly:

... from Proto-Indo-European *plō- (to fold), cf. plot etc? Zezen (talk) 17:47, 29 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
PIE roots always begin and end with a consonant. —CodeCat 17:50, 29 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Esteemed CodeCa:

1. Never say never: please convince the etymology editors (other than me) of fold thereof or quickly fix it there too, then.

2. Shall from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (to fold).[1] in its lieu, as per Appendix:Proto-Germanic/falþaną satisfy your consonant constraints? Zezen (talk) 18:20, 29 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN