plǝi-, plǝu-

    plǝi-, plǝu-

    English meaning: to expand; to boast

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “breit schlagen, breit machen”

    Material: 1. plǝi-t- (compare pleik- under 1. plük- “breit”) in Gk. πλαισίον n. “längliches Viereck”, Lith. plaitūtis ‘sich breit machen, brag, boast”; with anlaut. s-: Lith. splintù, splitaũ, splìsti “breit become”. 2. plǝu-d-, plǝu-t- in Lat. plaudō, -ere, -sī, -sum “klatsche, hit, klatsche Beifall”, plausus, - ūs “Beifall” (compare aplūda “chaff, bran “ from *ab-plaudü “die abgeschlagene”) ; Lat. plautus “breit, platt, plattfũßig”, PN Plautus, prän.-Lat. Plautios, päl. Plauties, with Umbr. ō:Plōtus; Umbr. Imper. pre-plotatu “prosternito”; Ltv. plaũksta “flat hand” (different Mũhlenbach-Endzelin III 325).

    References: WP. II 100, WH. II 319, 320;

    See also: extensions the root pelǝ- “flat, eben”, above S. 805.