плавить

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *plaviti. Cognate with Ukrainian пла́вити (plávyty), Serbo-Croatian пла̏вити (“to flood”), Slovene рlаvíti (“to float (timber), to sail”), Czech plavit, Slovak рlаviť, Polish pławić, Bulgarian пла́вя (plávja, “to rinse”). More distantly cognate with Lithuanian pláuti (“to wash, to rinse”), Sanskrit प्लावयति (plāvayati, “to cause to float, to flood”), Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬁𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (frāuuaiieⁱti, “to force to leave”), Ancient Greek πλώω (plṓō, “to swim”), English flow, Old Norse flóа (“to flow”).