πληγήplēgē
Sign in to saveAncient Greek
Root
-parika
to strike or knock against, to dash, to collide
πληγή descends from Shona parika, to strike or knock against
- Confidence
- 72/100
- Root language
- Shona
- Descent begins
- πληγήGreek
The consensus position
Mainstream comparative linguistics derives πληγή from the Greek verb πλήσσω / πλήττω "to strike", from Proto-Hellenic *plāg-, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂g- "to strike, beat", with cognates in Latin plāga and plangō, Gothic flōkan and Lithuanian plakti. No relationship to Bantu is recognised.
The working behind this.
The full descent — 7 links from the attested form down to the root — the segment-by-segment correspondences, the phonological breakdown and the case for the derivation are behind an account.
An account opens 10 entries in full, free.
Elsewhere in the corpus
- Pelagiaparato spread out, to lay out flat, to clear a surface level
- Kérberoskerekato be smeared, streaked, marked with dirt; causative kerekedza, to streak or daub
- ἀποκτείνω-tekanato be cut off, be broken off, be severed, to snap
- μάχαιραmhakamatter, case, dispute, cause of quarrel; fault, blame, the grounds on which one is answerable
- βλασφημία-bvato come out, to issue forth; in the derived bvuma, to give voice, to assent
- Theosmutsakindness, favour, mercy