Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/polskati

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

Per Vasmer, onomatopoeic.

Verb

*polskati

  1. to beat?
  2. to rinse?, to wash?

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: полоскати (poloskati)
      • Old Ruthenian: полоска́ти (poloskáti), полока́ти (polokáti)
      • Russian: полоска́ть (poloskátʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Glagolitic script: ⱂⰾⰰⱄⰽⰰⱅⰻ (plaskati)
      Old Cyrillic script: пласкати (plaskati)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: pláskat

Further reading

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