płet

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See also: plet and pleť

Old Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *plъtъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /pɫɛ(ː)t/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /pɫɛt/, /pɫet/

Noun

płet m animacy unattested

  1. raft, float
    • 1856-1870 [15th century], Antoni Zygmunt Helcel, editor, Starodawne Prawa Polskiego Pomniki, number 167:
      Sine impedimento per fluvium Wysla cum struibus et ligaturis lignorum, que plty dicuntur, cum quibuscunque mercanciarum generibus oneratis... in Thorun... poterint se transferre
      [Sine impedimento per fluvium Wisła cum struibus et ligaturis lignorum, que płty dicuntur, cum quibuscunque mercanciarum generibus oneratis... in Toruń... poterint se transferre]
  2. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. transportation fee
      • 1962 [c. 1420], Stanisław Urbańczyk, editor, Wokabularz trydencki, number 151:
        Plet naulum
        [Płet naulum]

References

  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “płet, może też płta”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN