Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьlžь

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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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

From *pьlztì (to craw) +‎ *-jь, encountered mainly in South Slavic.

Noun

*pь̀lžь m[1]

  1. snail, slug
    Synonym: (in West and East Slavic) *slimakъ

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: плъж (plǎž, slug) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian: полжав (polžav)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: пу̑ж
      Latin script: pȗž
    • Slovene: pọ̄lž
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “плъж”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 368

References

  1. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “pọ̄lž”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*pь̋lzti