Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/polti

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 1

From Proto-Indo-European *pelH-, according to Snoj more particularly from *pelh₁- (to fill, to wrap up). Probably akin to Lithuanian pi̇̀lti (to pour).

Verb

*polti impf[1][2]

  1. to undulate, to wrinkle, to commote

Inflection

Derived terms
  • *polati (to roll, to curl up)
Descendants
  • South Slavic:
    • Slovene: pláti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Polish: płóć
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: płóć

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “полать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • pilti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

References

  1. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “¹polti: poljǫ poljetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b vinke, ryste (SA 203, 248, 250f.; ?PR 136; ?MP 27)
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “plati¹”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *pőlti, sed. *pol'ǫ̋

Etymology 2

See Proto-Slavic *paliti.

Verb

*polti impf[1]

  1. to burn, to be in flames

Inflection

Derived terms
Descendants
  • South Slavic:
    • Slovene: pláti (tonal orthography) (dialectal)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: pláti
    • Old Slovak: pláť
      • Slovak: pláť

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “²polti: poljǫ poljetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[2], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b brænde (SA 203, 248, 250f.; ?PR 136; ?MP 27)