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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/palica

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

Etymology

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

*pàlica f[1]

  1. stick, stake
  2. staff

Alternative forms

Declension
Declension of *palica (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *palica *palici *palicę̇
genitive *palicę̇ *palicu *palicь
dative *palicī *palicama *palicāmъ
accusative *palicǫ *palici *palicę̇
instrumental *palicējǫ, *palicǭ* *palicama *palicāmī
locative *palicī *palicu *palicāsъ
vocative *palice *palici *palicę̇
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
  • *palьcь (“thumb”)
  • *palyga, *paluga, *paluxa (“thick stick, pillar”)
  • *polъ, *polъtь (“side, half, chunk”)

Descendants

Further reading
  • 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), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 27

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