Where does “plěś” come from?

plěś (Lower Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic plyti, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

plěś (Lower Sorbian): to swim

Definitions

  1. to swim

Ancestry of “plěś”, 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 →