Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/polšiti

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.

Per Derksen, unclear; possibly related to Ancient Greek πάλλω (pállō, “to sway, to swing”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₁-; compare Homeric παλλομένη κραδίην (palloménē kradíēn, “with pounding heart”). Also unclear is the origin of the underlying *x < Proto-Indo-European *s.

*polšiti

1. to scare

• *polxъ (“fear”)
• *pòlxъ (“shy, timid”)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: полошити (pološiti)
    • Belarusian: палашы́ць (palašýcʹ)
    • Russian: полоши́ть (pološítʹ); archaic поло́шить (polóšitʹ), 3sg. поло́шит (polóšit)
    • Ukrainian: полоши́ти (pološýty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: плашити (plašiti)

    Glagolitic script: ⱂⰾⰰⱎⰻⱅⰻ (plašiti)

  • Bulgarian: пла́ша (pláša)
  • Macedonian: плаши (plaši)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пла̏шити

    Latin: plȁšiti

  • Slovene: plášiti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: plašiti
    • Czech: plašit
  • Polish: płoszyć
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: płóšić
    • Lower Sorbian: płošyś

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*polšiti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 411
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “полоши́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress