πλέω
Ancient Greek
verb
Definitions
- sail in a boat
- float
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (flow, wash, run, fly, pour, pluck), *plew- (flow, wash, run, fly, pour, pluck).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*plew-
Gloss
flow, wash, run, fly, pour, pluck
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
走
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Nafplio English
- afloat English
- defloat English
- firefloat English
- float English
- floatability English
- floatable English
- floatboard English
- floater English
- floatest English
- floateth English
- floatie English
- floatless English
- floatline English
- floatplane English
- floatstick English
- floatstone English
- floaty English
- flotation English
- flutter English
- outfloat English
- overfloat English
- refloat English
- Plavis Latin
- linter Latin
- luntrem, lunter Latin
- nauplius Latin
- pluit Latin
- pluvia Latin
- plūma Latin
- pulmō Latin
- Ναύπλιος Ancient Greek
- Πλουτώνιος Ancient Greek
- Πλούταρχος Ancient Greek
- Πλούτων Ancient Greek
- Πλοῦτος Ancient Greek
- διαπλέω Ancient Greek
- καταπλέω Ancient Greek
- ναῦς Ancient Greek
- παραπλέω Ancient Greek
- περιπλέω Ancient Greek
- πλουτοκρατέομαι Ancient Greek
- πλουτοκρατία Ancient Greek
- πλοῖον Ancient Greek
- πλωΐζω Ancient Greek
- πλόος Ancient Greek
- πλύνω Ancient Greek
- πλώϊμος Ancient Greek
- συμπλέω Ancient Greek
- ἐπιπλέω Ancient Greek
- *lewh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *plew- Proto-Indo-European
- *plew-, *pléweti Proto-Indo-European
- *pléwmō Proto-Indo-European
- *plówyom Proto-Indo-European
- *flawją Proto-Germanic
- *flutōną Proto-Germanic
- *flōaną Proto-Germanic
- *flōwisô Proto-Germanic
- प्लव Sanskrit
- प्लवते Sanskrit
- प्लु Sanskrit
- floten Middle English
- luath Irish
- *plavati Proto-Slavic
- *plaviti Proto-Slavic
- *plyti Proto-Slavic
- *plūťè Proto-Slavic
- *plъ̃tъ Proto-Slavic
- فرب Persian
- αναπλέω Greek (modern)
- αποπλέω Greek (modern)
- διαπλέω Greek (modern)
- εισπλέω Greek (modern)
- εκπλέω Greek (modern)
- επιπλέω Greek (modern)
- καταπλέω Greek (modern)
- παραπλέω Greek (modern)
- περιπλέω Greek (modern)
- πλέω Greek (modern)
- συμπλέω Greek (modern)
- լուանամ Old Armenian
- lúath Old Irish
- luath Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- *ɸlowto- Proto-Celtic
- *ɸlowyos Proto-Celtic
- plavati Pali
- *plu- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *plu- Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *pláwatay Proto-Indo-Aryan
- 𑀧𑀯𑀇 Maharastri Prakrit