- Per Derksen, conceivably connected with Ancient Greek πάλλω (pállō, “to sway, to swing”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₁-, but perhaps more plausibly connected with *pèlva (“chaff”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelH-u-, from *pelH-, cognate with Sanskrit पलाव (palā́va, “chaff, husks”). Compare *pālìti.
- Vasmer also connects this verb with *pèlva (“chaff”), but gives different cognates: Lithuanian spãliai (“linen flax”), Latvian spil̃va (“husk”), Latin spolium (“hide stripped off an animal, prey”), Ancient Greek ἄσπαλον (áspalon, “hide”) (Hesychius), σπόλια (spólia, “clean-plucked wool from sheep's legs”) (Hesychius), Sanskrit फलति (phálati, “to burst”), स्फटति (spháṭati, “to tear”), स्फाटयति (sphāṭáyati, “to split”), Old High German spaltan (“to split”), German spalten (“to split”).
*pèlti impf[1][2][3]
- to weed
In East and West Slavic, the present these has a j-suffix.
Conjugation of
*pelti, *pel, *peľetь (
impf.,
-C/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
|
*peltьje
|
*pelti
|
*peltъ
|
*pellъ
|
|
Participles
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Tense
|
Past
|
Present
|
Passive
|
*peltъ
|
*peľemъ
|
Active
|
*pelvъ
|
*peľę
|
|
Aorist
|
Present
|
Person
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
Singular
|
*pelsъ |
*pel |
*pel
|
*peľǫ |
*peľeši |
*peľetь
|
Dual
|
*pelsově |
*pelsta |
*pelste
|
*peľevě |
*peľeta |
*peľete
|
Plural
|
*pelsomъ |
*pelste |
*pelsę
|
*peľemъ |
*peľete |
*peľǫtь
|
|
Imperfect
|
Imperative
|
Person
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd
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Singular
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*peľaaxъ |
*peľaaše |
*peľaaše
|
— |
*peľi |
*peľi
|
Dual
|
*peľaaxově |
*peľaašeta |
*peľaašete
|
*peľivě |
*peľita |
—
|
Plural
|
*peľaaxomъ |
*peľaašete |
*peľaaxǫ
|
*peľimъ |
*peľite |
—
|
Notes: - (*)*peljenъ is doublet of past passive participle
In South Slavic, including Old Church Slavonic, a v-suffix appears instead.
Verbal noun
|
Infinitive
|
Supine
|
L-participle
|
*peltьje
|
*pelti
|
*peltъ
|
*pellъ
|
|
Participles
|
Tense
|
Past
|
Present
|
Passive
|
*peltъ
|
*pelvomъ
|
Active
|
*pelvъ
|
*pelvy
|
|
Aorist
|
Present
|
Person
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
Singular
|
*pelsъ |
*pel |
*pel
|
*pelvǫ |
*pelveši |
*pelvetь
|
Dual
|
*pelsově |
*pelsta |
*pelste
|
*pelvevě |
*pelveta |
*pelvete
|
Plural
|
*pelsomъ |
*pelste |
*pelsę
|
*pelvemъ |
*pelvete |
*pelvǫtь
|
|
Imperfect
|
Imperative
|
Person
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd
|
Singular
|
*pelěaxъ |
*pelěaše |
*pelěaše
|
— |
*pelvi |
*pelvi
|
Dual
|
*pelěaxově |
*pelěašeta |
*pelěašete
|
*pelvěvě |
*pelvěta |
—
|
Plural
|
*pelěaxomъ |
*pelěašete |
*pelěaxǫ
|
*pelvěmъ |
*pelvěte |
—
|
Notes: - (*)*pelvenъ is doublet of past passive participle
The accent paradigm is unclear; sources variously posit a, b or c. The infinitive stem follows AP a, but the j-present cannot have an acute on the stem because it has a short vowel, so AP a is only possible in the v-stem variant, which has a liquid diphthong.
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “поло́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pèlti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 394: “v. (a) ‘weed’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “pelti: peljǫ peljetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 248)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “plẹ́ti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*pe̋lti, sed. *pȇlvǫ”