Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/poľe

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

Speculated to be a thematization of an archaic i-stem neuter, via schwebeablaut from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, wide”). Presumably cognate with Hittite 𒁄𒄭𒅖 (palḫiš, “wide”) < Proto-Indo-European *pólh₂is ~ *pl̥h₂éis (c.); *pólh₂i ~ *pl̥h₂éis (n.). In the past, has been alternatively linked to *pelH- (“pale, light”) (Trubačev).

Further akin to Latin palam (“openly”), German West-falen.

Noun

*pȍľe n

1. field

Declension

Declension of *pȍľe (soft o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pȍľe	*pȍľi	*poľà
genitive	*pȍľa	*poľù	*pòľь
dative	*pȍľu	*poľemà	*poľémъ
accusative	*pȍľe	*pȍľi	*poľà
instrumental	*pȍľьmь, *pȍľemь*	*poľemà	*poľí
locative	*pȍľi	*poľù	*poľíxъ
vocative	*pȍľe	*pȍľi	*poľà

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

• *polěna (“meadow”)
• *poľaninъ, *poľaxъ (“field dweller”)
• *poľana
• *poľьskъ, *poľьnъ (“of the field”)

Related terms

• *polъ sg (“surface, floor”), *poli pl (“fells”)
• *polnъ (“barren”)
  • *polnina (“barren terrain, mountain”)
• *polsa (“strip”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: поле (pole)
    • Old Ruthenian: по́ле (póle), по́лє (pólje)
      • Belarusian: по́ле (pólje)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: по́ле (póle)
      • Ukrainian: по́ле (póle)
    • Russian: по́ле (póle)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: полѥ (polje)
  • Bulgarian: поле́ (polé); по́ле (póle) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: по́ле (póle)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: по̏ље

    Latin script: pȍlje

  • Slovene: pọ̑lje, poljẹ̑ (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: pole, poľe (alternative writing)
    • Czech: pole
  • Old Polish: pole
    • Masurian: pole
    • Polish: pole
    • Silesian: pole
  • Old Slovak: pole, poľo
    • Pannonian Rusyn: польо (polʹo)
    • Slovak: pole
  • Polabian: püli
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: pòle, pòlé
    • Slovincian: pôlê
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: pólo
    • Upper Sorbian: polo

References

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “поле”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “поле”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 494