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Where does “plout” come from?

plout (Czech) comes from Proto-Slavic pluti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic plauˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₃(w)- — to swim, flow.

plout (Czech): to sail; to float

Definitions

  1. to sail; to float

Ancestry of “plout”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicplutito swim; to sail
2Proto-Balto-Slavicplauˀteito swim
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₃(w)-to swim, flow
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