Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьlzati

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *pilźtei.

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 edit

*pь̀lzati impf

  1. to creep, to crawl

Inflection edit

Related terms edit

  • *pьlztì (to creep, to crawl)
  • *pȏlzъ (sledge runner? reptile? plough sole? ("crawling thing"))

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “по́лзать”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, 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, →ISSN, page 427
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ползу́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress