Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plǫtati

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

• *plętati

Etymology

From the root of Proto-Slavic *plęsti (“to tangle”), *plǫtъ (“swindle”) + *-ati.

Verb

*plǫtati impf (North Slavic)

1. to entangle, to intertwine, to ravel

Conjugation

Conjugation of *plǫtati, *plǫta, *plǫtajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*plǫtanьje	*plǫtati	*plǫtatъ	*plǫtalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*plǫtanъ	*plǫtajemъ
Active	*plǫtavъ	*plǫtaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*plǫtaxъ	*plǫta	*plǫta	*plǫtajǫ	*plǫtaješi	*plǫtajetь
Dual	*plǫtaxově	*plǫtasta	*plǫtaste	*plǫtajevě	*plǫtajeta	*plǫtajete
Plural	*plǫtaxomъ	*plǫtaste	*plǫtašę	*plǫtajemъ	*plǫtajete	*plǫtajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*plǫtaaxъ	*plǫtaaše	*plǫtaaše	—	*plǫtaji	*plǫtaji
Dual	*plǫtaaxově	*plǫtaašeta	*plǫtaašete	*plǫtajivě	*plǫtajita	—
Plural	*plǫtaaxomъ	*plǫtaašete	*plǫtaaxǫ	*plǫtajimъ	*plǫtajite	—

Related terms

• *plęsati (“to dance, to stroll”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: плу́таць (plútacʹ)
  • Russian: плута́ть (plutátʹ)
  • Ukrainian: плу́тати (plútaty)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: plątać (with e-grade)
    • Polish: plątać, plętać
    • → Ukrainian: пльо́нтати (plʹóntaty), пле́нтати (pléntaty)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “плут”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “плутати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka