Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/plútas

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

Probably a fossilized adjective, continuing Proto-Indo-European *plutós from *plew- (“to flow”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πλυτός (plutós, “washed”), Sanskrit प्लुत (pluta, “flowing, washing”) and further akin to Proto-Germanic *flutą (whence German Fluss (“river, flow”), Dutch vlot (“quick”)).

Noun

*plútas m^[1]^[2]

raft

Inflection

Declension of *plútas (o-stem, fixed accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*plútas	*plútōˀ	*plútai⁽ˀ⁾
Accusative	*plútan	*plútōˀ	*plútō⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*plútā	*plútāu⁽ˀ⁾	*plútōn
Locative	*plútai	*plútāu⁽ˀ⁾	*plútaišu
Dative	*plútōi	*plútamā⁽ˀ⁾	*plútamas
Instrumental	*plútōˀ	*plútamāˀ	*plútōis
Vocative	*plúte	*plútōˀ	*plútai⁽ˀ⁾

Alternative reconstructions

*plúta n

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latvian: pluts
Proto-Slavic: *plъ̀tъ (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*plъ̀tъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 407: “BSl. *plútom”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “pluts”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 545: “BSl. *plútom”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*plъ̀tъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 407: “BSl. *plútom”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “pluts”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 545: “BSl. *plútom”

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