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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pľuťe

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Two similar but etymologically distinct forms are found:

Both variants are ablaut grades of Proto-Indo-European *plewt-, an extension of *plew-. The two ablaut variants are also found in Latvian plàukšas vs. pļàukšas.[1]

Noun

*pľūťè n

  1. lung

Declension

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: плюча (pljuča, lungs, nom.pl.)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: плюща (pljušta)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      • Čakavian: pľūćȁ
    • Slovene: pljúča (lungs, nom.pl.) (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: pľúcě (lungs, nom.pl.)
    • Slovak: pľúca (lungs, nom.pl.)

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 362
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