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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьlzati

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

Per Derksen, we must reconstruct a Proto-Indo-European root *pelHǵʰ- with a laryngeal due to the Balto-Slavic acute on the root. Probably connected with *pȏlzъ (sledge runner? reptile? plough sole? ("crawling thing")); possibly connected with Old High German felga (felly, harrow). Chernykh notes the difficulties with this root but suggests a possible relationship with Proto-Slavic *polsà (strip), with an alternation between voiced and voiceless consonants sometimes observed in other roots.

Verb

*pь̀lzati impf

  1. to creep, to crawl

Inflection

  • *pȏlzъ (sledge runner? reptile? plough sole? ("crawling thing"))

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: пълзати (pŭlzati)
      • Belarusian: по́ўзаць (póŭzacʹ)
      • Russian: по́лзать (pólzatʹ), 1sg. по́лзаю (pólzaju)
      • Ukrainian: по́взати (póvzaty)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: пльзати (plĭzati), 1sg. плѣжѫ (plěžǫ)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Bulgarian: пълзя́ (pǎlzjá)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: пу̏зати, 1sg. пу̏же̄м
      Latin: pȕzati, 1sg. pȕžēm
      • Chakavian (Orbanići): pūzȁt, 1sg. pũže
    • Slovene: półzati (tonal orthography), 1sg. półzam (tonal orthography)

References

  • Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), по́лзать”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 51
  • Derksen, Rick (2008), “*pь̀lzati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 427
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), ползу́”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
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