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

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Etymology

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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

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*ploskъ[1]

  1. flat

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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

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