Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/polti

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 *pelH-, according to Skok more particularly from *pelh₁- (“to fill, to wrap up”). Probably akin to Lithuanian pìlti (“to pour”).

*polti impf^[1][2]

1. to undulate, to wrinkle, to commote

• *polati (“to roll, to curl up”)

• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: pláti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: płóć
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: płóć

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “полать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• “pilti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

See Proto-Slavic *paliti.

*polti impf^[1]

1. to burn, to be in flames

• *polěti, *paliti (“to fire up”)
• *polěno (“log”)
• *polmy (“flame”)

• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: pláti (tonal orthography) (dialectal)

• Snoj, Marko (2016) “plati²”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si