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”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel-.

Noun

poltьnò n

linen
canvas
cloth

Declension

Declension of *poltьno (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*poltьno	*poltьně	*poltьna
Accusative	*poltьno	*poltьně	*poltьna
Genitive	*poltьna	*poltьnu	*poltьnъ
Locative	*poltьně	*poltьnu	*poltьněxъ
Dative	*poltьnu	*poltьnoma	*poltьnomъ
Instrumental	poltьnъmь, poltьnomь^*	*poltьnoma	*poltьny
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: пла́тно
  Latin: 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 Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, 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, page 411