Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plesti
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]
- to plait
Inflection
Conjugation of *plesti, *plete, *pletetь (?, -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm c)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *pletenьje | *plesti | *plestъ | *pletlъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *pletenъ | *pletomъ |
| Active | *pletъ | *plety |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *plet(ox)ъ | *plete | *plete | *pletǫ | *pleteši | *pletetь |
| Dual | *plet(ox)ově | *plet(e/os)ta | *plet(e/os)te | *pletevě | *pleteta | *pletete |
| Plural | *plet(ox)omъ | *plet(e/os)te | *pletǫ, *pletošę | *pletemъ | *pletete | *pletǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *pletěaxъ | *pletěaše | *pletěaše | — | *pleti | *pleti |
| Dual | *pletěaxově | *pletěašeta | *pletěašete | *pletěvě | *pletěta | — |
| Plural | *pletěaxomъ | *pletěašete | *pletěaxǫ | *pletěmъ | *pletěte | — |
Related terms
- *plotъ (“fence”)
- *plětъ (“fence”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “плету́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “плести́”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 41
References
- ^ 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’”