Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/peľati

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.

From Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to propel, to drive”), via obsolescent *pelti +‎ *-jati. The later is attested in obsolete Slovene plẹ́ti (1p. sg. pres. pelem).

The Bulgarian descendant has merged with the reflex of unrelated Proto-Slavic *pylěti, *pyľati (“to dissipate”).

*peľati impf^[1]

1. to conduct, to lead, to propel
2. to run, to proceed

• *pelnъ (“captivity”)
• *pelestъ (“protrusion”) (possibly)

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: пеле́я (peléja) (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Bulgarian: пиле́я (piléja), пи́лям (píljam, “to misspend, to squander”)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пѐљати

    Latin script: pèljati

  • Slovene: peljáti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: pielać (“to hurry”)
  • Slovak: peľať

• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пилея”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 238