Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pľuťe

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

• *plūťè

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pljáutja, from pre-Balto-Slavic *pléwtyom, from Proto-Indo-European *plew-.

Noun

*pľūťè n

1. lung

Declension

Declension of *pľūťè (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pľūťè	*pľũťi	*pľũťa
genitive	*pľūťà	*pľuťu	*pľũťь
dative	*pľūťù	*pľuťema	*pľũťemъ
accusative	*pľūťè	*pľũťi	*pľũťa
instrumental	*pľūťь̀mь, *pľūťèmь*	*pľuťema	*pľũťi
locative	*pľūťì	*pľuťu	*pľũťixъ
vocative	*pľūťè	*pľũťi	*pľũťa

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: плюча (pljuča, “lungs”, nom.pl.)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: плюща (pljušta)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    • Čakavian: pľūćȁ
  • Slovene: pljúča (“lungs”, nom.pl.) (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: pľúcě (“lungs”, nom.pl.)
    • Czech: plíce (“lungs”)
  • Slovak: pľúca (“lungs”, nom.pl.)