Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pleskъ
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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]Synchronically, probably post-verbal from the inchoative *pleskati. Further origin: either onomatopoeic, coined on Balto-Slavic soil, or derived from Proto-Indo-European *plek- (“to hit, to strike; to flatten”) + *-skъ. Related to Lithuanian pleškė́ti (“to knock”), Latvian plekšêt (“to trample, to knock”).
Forms a family of variants/analogous onomatopoeia with Proto-Slavic *plěskъ, *pliskъ/*pliščь, *pľuskъ, *plaskъ.
Noun
[edit]*pleskъ m
Alternative forms
[edit]Declension
[edit]Declension of *pleskъ (hard o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *pleskъ | *pleska | *plesci |
| genitive | *pleska | *plesku | *pleskъ |
| dative | *plesku | *pleskoma | *pleskomъ |
| accusative | *pleskъ | *pleska | *plesky |
| instrumental | *pleskъmь, *pleskomь* | *pleskoma | *plesky |
| locative | *plescě | *plesku | *plescěxъ |
| vocative | *plešče | *pleska | *plesci |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
[edit]- *pleskati, *plěskati (“to splash, to slap”); *ploskati (“to slap, to bang”)
- *pleskotъ (“noise from splashing”)
- *ploskъ (“flat”) (possibly)
Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: плескъ (pleskŭ)
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “плескать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “плеск”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “pleškėti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012