plaukti

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *plewk-, extended form of the root *plew-. Cognate with English fly and flee. Via *plew-, cognate to English float, as in Lithuanian plaustas (“a float”) (plaut-tas) and general meaning of floating, and Lithuanian plakti (“to whip”), Lithuanian plūktis (“to work hard”), Lithuanian plokščias (“flat”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɫɒʊ̯ˑkʲtʲɪ]

Verb

plaũkti (third-person present tense plaũkia, third-person past tense plaũkė)

  1. to swim
  2. to float

Conjugation

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