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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plesti

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-Indo-European *pleḱ-t-, from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-. Directly cognate with Latin plectō (to plait), inf. plectere, Old High German flehtan (to plait), Old Norse flétta (to plait). Also cognate with Ancient Greek πλέκω (plékō, to plait), Sanskrit प्रश्न (praśna, plait, braid).

Verb

*plestì [1]

  1. to plait

Inflection

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), плету́”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
  • Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), плести́”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 41

References

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