English
plitt
Plitt comes from Russian плеть ‘whip’, from плести ‘to braid, to plait’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleḱ-‘to fold, plait, weave’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleḱ-t-reconstructed
- Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*pleśteireconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*plestì‘to plait’reconstructed
- Russianmodernплести‘to braid, to plait’
- Russian, derivedmodernплетьpletʹ‘whip’
- Englishearliest quotation 1846plitt
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleḱ-‘to fold, plait, weave’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleḱ-t-reconstructed
- Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*pleśteireconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*plestì‘to plait’reconstructed
- Russianmodernплести‘to braid, to plait’
- Russian, derivedmodernплетьpletʹ‘whip’
- Englishearliest quotation 1846plitt
Earliest quotation: 1846, Charles Frederick Henningsen: “Not a few of these carry with them the…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- ‘to fold, plait, weave’
complex, apply, display, employment, reply, employ, imply, exploitation, deploy, exploit, explicit, fiasco, replica, flax, complication, flack, complicate, ploy, accomplice, inexplicable, implicit, ply, supple, plexus, complicity, implicate, supplication, pliable, flagon, triplicate, explication, splay, pliant, 33 more
Today it means
noun An instrument of punishment resembling the knout, formerly used in Russia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- / plitt