Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/polъka

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

Related to *polъ (“flank”) or *polti (“to twine”) +‎ *-ъka.

Noun

*polъka f

1. shelf

Alternative forms

• *polica

Inflection

Declension of *polъka (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*polъka	*polъcě	*polъky
genitive	*polъky	*polъku	*polъkъ
dative	*polъcě	*polъkama	*polъkamъ
accusative	*polъkǫ	*polъcě	*polъky
instrumental	*polъkojǫ, *polъkǫ**	*polъkama	*polъkami
locative	*polъcě	*polъku	*polъkasъ, *polъkaxъ*
vocative	*polъko	*polъcě	*polъky

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

nouns

• *pola
• *polata
• *polъ
• *poľe

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: полъка (polŭka)
    • Old Ruthenian: полка (polka)
      • Ukrainian: пі́вка (pívka), пі́лка (pílka), пу́лка (púlka), пи́лка (pýlka) (dialectal)
    • Russian: по́лка (pólka)
      • → Even: полка (polka)
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: półka

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “по́лка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress