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Where does “pléh₃weti” come from?

pléh₃weti (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European pleh₃(w)- — to swim, flow.

Ancestry of “pléh₃weti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₃(w)-to swim, flow

Words derived from “pléh₃weti”

  • плавить
  • plout
  • плави
  • plaviti
  • pluti
  • плоути
  • pławiś
  • plauˀtei
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