Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pola

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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

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Etymology

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Either a semantic variation of *polъ via the specialization “half of suit/dress” → skirt or derived from *polti (to twine, to wind, to lace).

Noun

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*pola f

  1. skirt, fringe

Declension

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Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: пола (pola)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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