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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plyti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *plʔu-, from Proto-Indo-European *plew-. Cognate with Lithuanian plū́ti (to flow).

Verb

*plyti impf

  1. to swim
  2. to float

Inflection

Descendants

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008), “*plỳti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 407
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