The story
- Russian · borrowed fromплеть“whip”
- English todayplitt
From Russian плеть (pletʹ, “whip”).
Words from the same roots
Russianплеть all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
plitt
Today it means: An instrument of punishment resembling the knout, formerly used in Russia. Full definition →
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