Proto-Baltic: *plaũk- vb. tr., *plaũk-t-a- c., *plaũk-s-m-a- c., *plauk-a- c.
Meaning: swim, float
Lithuanian: plaũkti (-ia, -ē) `schwimmen, durch die Luft dahunfahren, dahinschwimmen, getragen werden, (herbei)strömen, scharenweisw kommen'; plaũkta-s, plaũksma-s 'Bretterboden auf dem Wasser, Floss, Furt, Waschbank'
Lettish: plauks 'Wischtuch, Scheuerlappen'
Comments: A suffixed variant of *plaû- (however, with unexplained metatony).
