Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/palьcь

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 *pàlъ +‎ *-ьcь. Sometimes compared to Latin pollex. Pokorny derives both from a Proto-Indo-European *pōlo- (“fat, swollen, big”), but this is uncertain.[1]

    Noun

    *pàlьcь m

    1. thumb

    Declension

    According to Dybo’s system, the form belongs to the accent type A and to the accent curve variant Aa.

    Declension of *pàlьcь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm a)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *pàlьcь *pàlьca *pàlьci
    genitive *pàlьca *pàlьcu *pàlьcь
    dative *pàlьcu *pàlьcema *pàlьcēmъ
    accusative *pàlьcь *pàlьca *pàlьcę̇
    instrumental *pàlьcьmь, *pàlьcemь* *pàlьcema *pàlьcī
    locative *pàlьci *pàlьcu *pàlьcīxъ
    vocative *pàlьče *pàlьca *pàlьci

    * -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 840-41

    Further reading

    • Varbot, Zh. Zh., editor (2018), “*palьcь / *palьci”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 41 (*pala – *pažьnъ(јь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 63
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