प्लु

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *plu-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *plu-, from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to fly, flow, run”). Cognate with English flow, float, Ancient Greek πλέω (pléō), Old Armenian լուանամ (luanam) and Russian плыть (plytʹ) ("to swim", "to float").

Root

प्लु • (plu)

  1. to float
  2. to sail

Derived terms
  • प्रप्लुत (prápluta, “dipped in water”)
  • प्लव (plavá, “swimming, floating”)
  • प्लवति (plávati, “sail, float”)
  • प्लवते (plávate, “sail, float”)
  • प्लावयति (plāvayati, “cause to float or sail”)
  • प्लुत (pluta, “flood”)
  • प्लुत (plutá, “floated, flown, leapt; overlong (of a vowel)”)
  • प्लुति (pluti, “flood, overflowing; leap, capering; prolation of a vowel”)
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