Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pleskъ

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 edit

Etymology edit

Synchronically, probably post-verbal from the inchoative *pleskati. Further origin: either onomatopoeic, coined on Balto-Slavic soil, or derived from Proto-Indo-European *plek- (“to hit, to strike; to flatten”) + *-skъ. Related to Lithuanian pleškė́ti (“to knock”), Latvian plekšêt (“to trample, to knock”).

Forms a family of variants/analogous onomatopoeia with Proto-Slavic *plěskъ, *pliskъ/*pliščь, *pľuskъ, *plaskъ.

Noun edit

*pleskъ m

splash, swash

Alternative forms edit

*plěskъ

Declension edit

Declension of *pleskъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pleskъ	*pleska	*plesci
genitive	*pleska	*plesku	*pleskъ
dative	*plesku	*pleskoma	*pleskomъ
accusative	*pleskъ	*pleska	*plesky
instrumental	pleskъmь, pleskomь^*	*pleskoma	*plesky
locative	*plescě	*plesku	*plescěxъ
vocative	*plešče	*pleska	*plesci

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms edit

*pleskati, *plěskati (“to splash, to slap”); *ploskati (“to slap, to bang”)
*pleskotъ (“noise from splashing”)
*ploskъ (“flat”) (possibly)

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: пляск (pljask)
- Russian: плеск (plesk)
- Ukrainian: плеск (plesk)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: плескъ (pleskŭ)
West Slavic:
- Czech: plesk
- Polish: plesk
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: plesk