Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pъlkъ

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

Probably a borrowing from a reflex of Proto-Germanic *fulką. According to Pronk-Tiethoff, the Slavic form indicates that the donor language must have lacked a-mutation, leaving only the relatively dubious Lombardic *fulc (unmutated fulcfre is attested, but the apparent lack of a-mutation here is unexpected and has been attributed to external influences) and the perhaps more likely Gothic *𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌺 (*fulk) as possible candidates.

Noun

*pъlkъ m

1. troop

Inflection

Declension of *pъlkъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pъlkъ	*pъlka	*pъlci
genitive	*pъlka	*pъlku	*pъlkъ
dative	*pъlku	*pъlkoma	*pъlkomъ
accusative	*pъlkъ	*pъlka	*pъlky
instrumental	*pъlkъmь, *pъlkomь*	*pъlkoma	*pъlky
locative	*pъlcě	*pъlku	*pъlcěxъ
vocative	*pъlče	*pъlka	*pъlci

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: пълкъ (pŭlkŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: полкъ (polk) (< influence of the Middle Russian полкъ (polk))
      • Belarusian: полк (polk)
      • Ukrainian: полк (polk), повк (povk), півк (pivk)
      • → Polish: połk, półk, pułk
        • → German: Pulk
        • → Latvian: pulks
    • Middle Russian: полкъ (polk)
      • Russian: полк (polk)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: плъкъ (plŭkŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱂⰾⱏⰽⱏ (plŭkŭ)

  • Bulgarian: пълк (pǎlk)
  • Macedonian: полк (polk)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пу̑к

    Latin script: pȗk

  • Slovene: połk
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: pluk
  • Old Polish: *pełk
  • Slovak: pluk
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: połk

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Lithuanian: pul̃kas
  • → Romanian: pâlc

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pъlkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 424
• Pronk-Tiethoff, Saskia E. (2013) The Germanic loanwords in Proto-Slavic‎^[1], Amsterdam - New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 121
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “полк”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress