Where does “плысці” come from?

плысці (Belarusian) comes from Proto-Slavic plyti, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

Ancestry of “плысці”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicplytito swim; to float, to sail
2Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Slavic plyti →
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