Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plotъ

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

Equivalent to the o-grade of Pre-Slavic *plekti (“to knit, to twine”) +‎ *-tъ, from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to fold, plait”).

Noun

*plotъ m

fence

Inflection

Declension of *plotъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*plotъ	*plota	*ploti
genitive	*plota	*plotu	*plotъ
dative	*plotu	*plotoma	*plotomъ
accusative	*plotъ	*plota	*ploty
instrumental	plotъmь, plotomь^*	*plotoma	*ploty
locative	*plotě	*plotu	*plotěxъ
vocative	*plote	*plota	*ploti

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

*plesti

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: плотъ (plotŭ)
  - Belarusian: плот (plot)
  - Russian: плот (plot) (dialectal)
  - Ukrainian: пліт (plit)
  - Carpathian Rusyn: пл'от (plʺot), пл'іт (plʺit)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: плотъ (plotŭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⱂⰾⱁⱅⱏ (plotŭ)
- Bulgarian: плот (plot)
- Macedonian: плот (plot)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: пло̑т
  
  Latin script: plȏt
- Slovene: plot
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: plot
  - Czech: plot
    - Moravian (Mistřice): pu̯ot
- Polish: płot
- Old Slovak: plot
  - Slovak: plot
  - Pannonian Rusyn: плот (plot)
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: płót
  - Lower Sorbian: płot

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) “*plotъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 406
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “плот”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress