Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/palica

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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

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Etymology

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From *palъ (thick stick, pillar) +‎ *-ica, attested as Polish pal, of unclear origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₁- (to stroke, to pound) or *(s)pelH- (to split). Despite phonetic similarities, likely unrelated to Latin pālus (stake, pale).

Noun

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*pàlica f[1]

  1. stick, stake
  2. staff

Alternative forms

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Declension

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “палка”, 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), “палица¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 27

References

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