Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plesti

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-t-, from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-. Directly cognate with Latin plectō (“to plait”), inf. plectere, Old High German flehtan (“to plait”), Old Norse flétta (“to plait”). Also cognate with Ancient Greek πλέκω (plékō, “to plait”), Sanskrit प्रश्न (praśna, “plait, braid”).

Verb

*plestì

1. to plait

Inflection

Conjugation of *plesti, *plete, *pletetь (?, -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*pletenьje	*plesti	*plestъ	*pletlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*pletenъ	*pletomъ
Active	*pletъ	*plety

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*plet(ox)ъ	*plete	*plete	*pletǫ	*pleteši	*pletetь
Dual	*plet(ox)ově	*plet(e/os)ta	*plet(e/os)te	*pletevě	*pleteta	*pletete
Plural	*plet(ox)omъ	*plet(e/os)te	*pletǫ, *pletošę	*pletemъ	*pletete	*pletǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pletěaxъ	*pletěaše	*pletěaše	—	*pleti	*pleti
Dual	*pletěaxově	*pletěašeta	*pletěašete	*pletěvě	*pletěta	—
Plural	*pletěaxomъ	*pletěašete	*pletěaxǫ	*pletěmъ	*pletěte	—

Related terms

• *plotъ (“fence”)
• *plětъ (“fence”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: плести (plesti)
    • Belarusian: пле́сці (pljésci)
    • Russian: плести́ (plestí)
    • Ukrainian: плести́ (plestý)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: плести (plesti)

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

  • Bulgarian: плета́ (pletá)
  • Macedonian: плете (plete)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: плѐсти

    Latin script: plèsti

  • Slovene: plésti (tonal orthography)
  • → Aromanian: mpiltescu
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: plésti
    • Czech: plést
  • Polabian: plist
  • Polish: pleść
  • Slovak: pliesť
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: plesć
    • Lower Sorbian: plasć

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “плету́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “плести́”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 41