splot

English

Etymology

From Middle English splot, from Old English splott (“spot, blot, patch or plot of land”), from Proto-West Germanic *splott, from Proto-Germanic *spluttaz (“segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *splt-no- (“an off-split, segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to split”). Related to split.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /splɒt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /splɑt/
• Rhymes: -ɒt

Noun

splot (plural splots)

1. A spot; splotch.

Related terms

• splotch

Anagrams

• OLTPs, Stolp, plots, polts, tops'l

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰsder.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *iź

Proto-Slavic *jьz

Proto-Slavic *jьz-

Proto-Indo-European *sem-

Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-

Proto-Balto-Slavic *san?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm?

Proto-Slavic *sъ(n)

Old Polish z-

Old Polish s-

Polish s-

Proto-Indo-European *pel-

Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *pleśtei

Proto-Slavic *plesti

Old Polish pleść

Polish pleść

Polish spleśćdeverb.

Polish splot

Deverbal from spleść.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsplɔt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔt
• Syllabification: splot

Noun

splot m inan (diminutive splocik)

1. tangle, a tangled twisted mass
2. weave, pattern of weaving
3. stitch, pattern of knitting
4. (anatomy) plexus

   splot szyjny ― cervical plexus

5. (mathematics) convolution

Declension

Declension of splot

	singular	plural
nominative	splot	sploty
genitive	splotu	splotów
dative	splotowi	splotom
accusative	splot	sploty
instrumental	splotem	splotami
locative	splocie	splotach
vocative	splocie	sploty

Related terms

verbs

• pleść
• splatać

Further reading

• splot in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• splot in Polish dictionaries at PWN