Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (to flow; to flap, splash), extended form of the root *plew-.[1] Cognate with English fly and flee. Via *plew-, cognate to English float, as in Lithuanian plaustas (a float) (plaut-tas) and general meaning of floating, and Lithuanian plakti (to whip), Lithuanian plūktis (to work hard), Lithuanian plokščias (flat).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpɫɒʊ̯ˑkʲtʲɪ]

Verb

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plaũkti (third-person present tense plaũkia, third-person past tense plaũkė)

  1. to swim
  2. to float

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “plaukti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 363