Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/poltьno

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 Proto-Indo-European *polto- (“cloth”), a descendant of Proto-Indo-European *pel-.

Noun

poltьnò n

1. linen
2. canvas
3. cloth

Declension

Declension of *poltьno (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*poltьno	*poltьně	*poltьna
genitive	*poltьna	*poltьnu	*poltьnъ
dative	*poltьnu	*poltьnoma	*poltьnomъ
accusative	*poltьno	*poltьně	*poltьna
instrumental	*poltьnъmь, *poltьnomь*	*poltьnoma	*poltьny
locative	*poltьně	*poltьnu	*poltьněxъ
vocative	*poltьno	*poltьně	*poltьna

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *pelena
• *plěna
• *plěva

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: полотьно (polotĭno)
    • Belarusian: палатно́ (palatnó)
    • Russian: полотно́ (polotnó)
    • Ukrainian: полотно́ (polotnó)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: платьно (platĭno)

    Glagolitic: ⱂⰾⰰⱅⱐⱀⱁ (platĭno)

    • → Russian: платно́ (platnó)
  • Bulgarian: платно́ (platnó)
  • Macedonian: платно (platno)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пла́тно

    Latin script: plátno

  • Slovene: plátnọ (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: plátno
    • Czech: plátno
      • Bohemian (Chod dialect): plátno
  • Polish: płótno
  • Slovak: plátno
  • Sorbian:

    Upper Sorbian: płótno

    Lower Sorbian: płotno

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Gothic: 𐍀𐌻𐌰𐍄 (plat) (possibly)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “полотно”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*poltьno”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 411