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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/plúnksneh₂

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

From *plú-n-k-, *plew-n-k-, from nasal-infix of *plewk- (“to fly, float”) +‎ *-sneh₂.

Noun

*plúnksneh₂ f[1]

  1. feather

Inflection
Thematic in *-eh₂
singular
nominative *plúnksneh₂
genitive *plúnksneh₂s
singular dual plural
nominative *plúnksneh₂ — —
vocative *plúnksneh₂ — —
accusative *plúnksnām — —
genitive *plúnksneh₂s — —
ablative *plúnksneh₂s — —
dative *plúnksneh₂ey — —
locative *plúnksneh₂, *plúnksneh₂i — —
instrumental *plúnksneh₂h₁ — —

Descendants
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *plúnksnāˀ
    • Latvian: plūksnas, plūksnes
    • Lithuanian: plùnksna, plū́ksna
    • Old Prussian: planxdine

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fleugan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 146: “*plu-n-k-sneh₂”
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