πλύνω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *pluňňō, from a nasal-present formation of Proto-Indo-European *plew- (to wash), the same root of Latin pluit (it rains) and Old Armenian լուանամ (luanam, to wash).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

πλῡ́νω • (plū́nō)

  1. (especially of clothes) to wash, clean

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἀποπλῡ́νω (apoplū́nō)
  • ἐκπλῡ́νω (ekplū́nō)
  • κᾰτᾰπλῡ́νω (kătăplū́nō)
  • περῐπλῡ́νω (perĭplū́nō)
  • πλῠ́μᾰ (plŭ́mă)
  • πλῠνεύς (plŭneús)
  • πλῠνός (plŭnós)
  • πλυντήρ (pluntḗr)
  • πλῠντήρῐος (plŭntḗrĭos)
  • πλῠ́ντης (plŭ́ntēs)
  • πλῠντῐκός (plŭntĭkós)
  • πλῠ́ντρῐᾱ (plŭ́ntrĭā)
  • πλῠντρῐ́ς (plŭntrĭ́s)
  • πλῠ́ντρον (plŭ́ntron)
  • πλῠ́σῐμον (plŭ́sĭmon)
  • πλῠ́σῐς (plŭ́sĭs)
  • πλῠσμός (plŭsmós)

Descendants

  • Greek: πλένω (pléno)
  • Mariupol Greek: плы́шку (plýšku)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πλύνω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1212

Further reading

Greek

Verb

πλύνω • (plýno)

  1. first-person singular dependent of πλένω (pléno)