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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
Accusative *palicǫ *palici *palicę̇
Genitive *palicę̇ *palicu *palicь
Locative *palicī *palicu *palicāsъ
Dative *palicī *palicama *palicāmъ
Instrumental *palicējǫ, *palicǭ* *palicama *palicāmī
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”)
    • *polъka, *polica (“shelf, file”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References
  1. Snoj, Marko (2016), “palica”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *pa̋lica”
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