Reconstruction talk:Proto-Slavic/plęsati
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Etymology
[edit]Shall we risk:
From the Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-, cf pleść, pleat ?
If you ask "risk" then the answer is already no. Your suggestion neglects to explain the nasal vowel. —CodeCat 17:34, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
Indeed. What about directly:
... from Proto-Indo-European *plō- (“to fold”), cf. plot etc? Zezen (talk) 17:47, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
- PIE roots always begin and end with a consonant. —CodeCat 17:50, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
Esteemed CodeCa:
1. Never say never: please convince the etymology editors (other than me) of fold thereof or quickly fix it there too, then.
2. Shall from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to fold”).[1] in its lieu, as per Appendix:Proto-Germanic/falþaną satisfy your consonant constraints? Zezen (talk) 18:20, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN