Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/palica
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *palъ (“thick stick, pillar”) + *-ica, attested as Polish pal, of unclear origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₁- (“to stroke, to pound”) or *(s)pelH- (“to split”). Despite phonetic similarities, likely unrelated to Latin pālus (“stake, pale”).
Noun
*pàlica f[1]
Alternative forms
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *palica | *palici | *palicę̇ |
| genitive | *palicę̇ | *palicu | *palicь |
| dative | *palicī | *palicama | *palicāmъ |
| accusative | *palicǫ | *palici | *palicę̇ |
| instrumental | *palicējǫ, *palicǭ* | *palicama | *palicāmī |
| locative | *palicī | *palicu | *palicāsъ |
| vocative | *palice | *palici | *palicę̇ |
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Related terms
- *palьcь (“thumb”)
- *palyga, *paluga, *paluxa (“thick stick, pillar”)
- *polъ, *polъtь (“side, half, chunk”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “палка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “палица¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 27
References
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “palica”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *pa̋lica”