Also German flechten, Greek pleko:, etc.
It's PIE *plek^t- 'plait, weave'. Slavic has *plesti < *plet-ti (1.sg.
pletoN) with that meaning, plus numerous derivatives, e.g.
*plotU 'fence < wickerwork', *pletenI (an old nasal-stem deverbative),
*sU-pletU 'braid'. One would expect *plest-/*plost- in Slavic, so *plet-/*plot-
must reflect a non-Satemised form *plekt-/*plokt-, one of several such cases in
Slavic.
Piotr
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Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 6:31 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: sica
BTW: is this akin to Engl. plait/pleat (via Lat.
plicit-us)?
(The initial meaning of Rum. "pleata, plete" also has
the
component "braid/ed".)