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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/peľati

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 *pelh₂- (to propel, to drive), via obsolescent *pelti + *-jati. The later is attested in obsolete Slovene plẹ́ti (1p. sg. pres. pelem).

The Bulgarian descendant has merged with the reflex of unrelated Proto-Slavic *pylěti, *pyľati (to dissipate).

Verb

*peľati impf[1]

  1. to conduct, to lead, to propel
  2. to run, to proceed

Conjugation

  • *pelnъ (captivity)
  • *pelestъ (protrusion) (possibly)

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: пеле́я (peléja) (dialectal)
      • Bulgarian: пиле́я (piléja), пи́лям (píljam, to misspend, to squander)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: пѐљати
      Latin script: pèljati
    • Slovene: peljáti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Polish: pielać (to hurry)
    • Slovak: peľať

References

  1. Snoj, Marko (2016) “peljati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *pel'a̋ti, izpeljano iz pslovan. *pelti

Further reading

  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пилея”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 238
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