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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьlxъ

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

Uncertain. Supposed to be related to Latvian pele, Lithuanian pelė, Old Prussian pelē, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *peliā (dormouse), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pelH- (gray, pale).

Noun

pьlxъ m[1]

  1. dormouse
    → (by extension) rat

Declension

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: по́ўх (póŭx)
    • Russian: полчо́к (polčók)
    • Ukrainian: повх (povx)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References

  1. Snoj, Marko (2016), polh”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*pь̋lxъ”
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