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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ploskъ

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 pre-Slavic *plak-ska-, with a root cognate in Lithuanian plãkanas (flat), from the Proto-Indo-European root *plek-. Cognates are found only in Germanic, such as Old Norse flagna, Icelandic flár, and perhaps Proto-Germanic *flakaz.

Adjective

*ploskъ [1]

  1. flat

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: плоскъ (ploskŭ)
    • Bulgarian: пло́сък (plósǎk)
    • Slovene: plòsk
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: ploský
    • Old Polish: płoski

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ploskъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 406: “adj. o ‘flat’”
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