Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ploskъ

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

From pre-Slavic *plak-ska-, with a root cognate in Lithuanian plãkanas (flat), from the Proto-Indo-European root *plek-. Cognates are found only in Germanic, such as Old Norse flagna, Icelandic flár, and perhaps Proto-Germanic *flakaz.

Adjective edit

*ploskъ[1]

  1. flat

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ploskъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 406:adj. o ‘flat’

Further reading edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пло́ский”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress