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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/polvъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *palwas.

Adjective

*polvъ [1]

  1. pale yellow, yellow-white
  2. pale
  3. (dialectal) white, pale blue

Inflection

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: плавъ (plavŭ, white)
      Glagolitic: ⱂⰾⰰⰲⱏ (plavŭ, white)
      • Church Slavonic (Russian recension): плавъ (plavŭ, white)
    • Bulgarian: плав (plav)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: пла̑в (blonde, blue)
      Latin: plȃv (blonde, blue)
    • Slovene: plàv (blue)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: plavý
    • Polish: płowy
    • Slovak: plavý
    • Sorbian:

See also

Colors in Proto-Slavic · *květi (layout · text)
     *bělъ
(of animals) *bronъ
     *sivъ, *śěrъ      *čьrnъ
(of animals) *vornъ
             *čьrvenъ, *rudъ              *granivъ; *smědъ, *snědъ, *rudъ
(of animals) *gnědъ
             *žьltъ
(of animals) *solvъ; *polvъ
             *zelenъ              *zelenъ, *grěnъ             
                          *polvъ              *modrъ, *siňь
                          *bagrъ             

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*polvъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 412
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