Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pleťe

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Balto-Slavic *plet-, from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (flat, broad).[1]

Noun

*pleťè n[1]

  1. shoulder

Declension

Declension of *pleťè (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *pleťè *plèťi *plèťa
genitive *pleťà *pleťu *plèťь
dative *pleťù *pleťema *plèťemъ
accusative *pleťè *plèťi *plèťa
instrumental *pleťь̀mь, *pleťèmь* *pleťema *plèťi
locative *pleťì *pleťu *plèťixъ
vocative *pleťè *plèťi *plèťa

* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Synonyms

Descendants

  • East Slavic: плече (pleče), плечи du (pleči), плеча pl (pleča)
    • Belarusian: плячо́ (pljačó), пле́чы pl (pljéčy)
    • Russian: плечо́ (plečó), пле́чи pl (pléči), плеча́ pl (plečá) (archaic)
    • Ukrainian: плече́ (plečé), пле́чі pl (pléči)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: плєщє (plešte), плєщи du (plešti), плєща pl (plešta) (“scapula bones”)
    • Bulgarian: пле́щи pl (pléšti, scapula)
    • Macedonian: плеќи pl (pleḱi, scapula)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: плѐће, плѐћа pl, пле̏ħи f pl (scapula)
      Roman: plèće, plèća pl, plȅći f pl (scapula)
    • Slovene: plêče (scapula)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “плечо́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pletjè”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 404