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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plǫtati

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

Alternative forms

  • *plętati

Etymology

From the root of Proto-Slavic *plęsti (to tangle), *plǫtъ (swindle) + *-ati.

Verb

*plǫtati impf (North Slavic)

  1. to entangle, to intertwine, to ravel

Conjugation

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: плу́таць (plútacʹ)
    • Russian: плута́ть (plutátʹ)
    • Ukrainian: плу́тати (plútaty)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Polish: plątać (with e-grade)
      • Polish: plątać, plętać
      • Ukrainian: пльо́нтати (plʹóntaty), пле́нтати (pléntaty)

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “плут”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “плутати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
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