[gothic-l] "Plinsjan" as a loan word from Old Slavic

[george knysh]

--- Grsartor at aol.com wrote:
> About whether Gothic "plinsjan" is a borrowing from
> Slavic:
>
> Lehmann's Gothic Etymological Dictionary says
>
> "an exception to the rule that words common to Gmc
> and Sl were borrowed from
> Gmc" and he makes reference to OSl plesti = dance.
>
> I do not know whether this is the generally accepted
> view, but merely pass on
> what I find in the book mentioned above.
>
> Gerry T.

*****GK: Thanks*****
>


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