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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plavati

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

Per Vasmer, formed from *plàviti on the basis of the common iterative suffix *-vati. See *plàviti for etymology.

Verb

*plàvati [1]

  1. to swim
  2. to float
  3. to sail

Inflection

  • *plàviti (to float? to flood? to melt? to wash?)
  • *pluti (to swim, to sail)
  • *plyti (to swim, to sail)

Descendants

  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: plavat
    • Old Polish: pławać
    • Polish: spławiać (to transport by water)
    • Slovak: plávať
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: (płuwaś)

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*plàvati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 403
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