Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/plútas
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
Inflection
| 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”