plauksta
Latvian
Etymology
Cognate with Russian плюсна́ (pljusná), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pl(j)ousk-. Pokorny compares Latin plautus (“flatfooted”), Latin plaudo (“I applaud”), Ancient Greek πλαίσιον (plaísion, “oblong case”), but a shared origin for all of these words is far from certain; possibly [1] Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat”).
Noun
plauksta f (4th declension)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | plauksta | plaukstas |
| genitive | plaukstas | plaukstu |
| dative | plaukstai | plaukstām |
| accusative | plaukstu | plaukstas |
| instrumental | plaukstu | plaukstām |
| locative | plaukstā | plaukstās |
| vocative | plauksta | plaukstas |
See also
References
- Derksen, Rick (2015) “plauksta”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 546
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “838”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 838