plaukti

From Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to flow; to flap, splash”), extended form of the root *plew-.^[1] Cognate with English fly and flee. Via *plew-, cognate to English float, as in Lithuanian plaustas (“a float”) (plaut-tas) and general meaning of floating, and Lithuanian plakti (“to whip”), Lithuanian plūktis (“to work hard”), Lithuanian plokščias (“flat”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɫɒʊ̯ˑkʲtʲɪ]

plaũkti (third-person present tense plaũkia, third-person past tense plaũkė)

1. to swim
2. to float