Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/polěno

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Related to *polěti (to burn), which is akin to *paliti.

Noun

*polěno n

  1. log

Inflection

Declension of *polěno (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *polěno *polěně *polěna
genitive *polěna *polěnu *polěnъ
dative *polěnu *polěnoma *polěnomъ
accusative *polěno *polěně *polěna
instrumental *polěnъmь, *polěnomь* *polěnoma *polěny
locative *polěně *polěnu *polěněxъ
vocative *polěno *polěně *polěna

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: полѣно (polěno)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: полѣно (polěno)
    • Macedonian: полено (poleno)
    • Slovene: polẹ́nọ (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “поле́но”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress