Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plastъ

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

Etymology

Either:^[1]

From Proto-Indo-European *plōth₂-to-s, from *pleth₂- (“flat; to spread”), whence also *pleťè (“shoulder”); or
From Proto-Indo-European *plōsk-to-s, from a root *plek- (“flat”), whose connection to the above *pleth₂-, if any, is unclear. Compare *ploskъ (“flat”), Proto-Germanic *flakaz (“flat”).

Noun

*plãstъ m^[1]

layer

Declension

Declension of *plãstъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*plãstъ	*plāstà	*plāstì
genitive	*plāstà	*plāstù	*plãstъ
dative	*plāstù	*plāstòma	*plāstòmъ
accusative	*plãstъ	*plāstà	*plāstỳ
instrumental	plāstъ̀mь, plāstòmь^*	*plāstòma	*plãsty
locative	*plāstě̀	*plāstù	*plãstěxъ
vocative	*plaste	*plāstà	*plāstì

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: пластъ (plastŭ, “layer”)
- Russian: пласт (plast, “layer”)
- Ukrainian: пласт (plast)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: пласт (plast, “layer”)
- Macedonian: пласт (plast)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: пла̑ст (“hay-stack”)
  
  Latin script: plȃst
- Slovene: рlа̑st (“layer, hay-swath”)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: plást
  - Czech: plást
- Old Polish: płast (“honeycomb”)
- Slovak: plást (“honeycomb”)
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: płast

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*plástъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 402: “m. o (b) ‘layer’”

[EDSIL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*plástъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 402: “m. o (b) ‘layer’”

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