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

[george knysh]

--- "M. Carver" <me at matthewcarver.com> wrote:
>Aside from chronological matters, could
> OSl conceivably produce
> 'plesti' from, say, an unattested (E-)Gmc. *plensti
> (> Go. plinsti-)

*****GK: Most Slavic languages (Polish being a notable
exception)lost their "nasals" sometime at the turn of
the first millenium. So that the OSl form in Gothic
times would have been identical to your "unattested
(E-)Gmc. *plensti or perhaps Go. *plinsti [both "en"
and "in" turned to "ia" in Sl after 1000 thus:
Vaering=Variag, Sventoslav=Sviatoslav]. I am not a
linguist so perhaps this follow up is inappropriate.
Is "plinsti" at all related to AS "plegian" "plegan"
whence the modern word "play" (would AS be pronounced
"playan"?)In my good old Webster's the first meaning
of "play" is described thus: "to move, swiftly,
erratically, or intermittently; to dart to and fro".
Sounds like "plinsjan" doesn't it?*****



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