Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pъlkъ

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

Probably a borrowing from a reflex of Proto-Germanic *fulką. According to Pronk-Tiethoff, the Slavic form indicates that the donor language must have lacked a-mutation, leaving only the relatively dubious Lombardic *fulc (unmutated fulcfre is attested, but the apparent lack of a-mutation here is unexpected and has been attributed to external influences) and the perhaps more likely Gothic *𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌺 (*fulk) as possible candidates.

Noun

*pъlkъ m

troop

Inflection

Declension of *pъlkъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pъlkъ	*pъlka	*pъlci
genitive	*pъlka	*pъlku	*pъlkъ
dative	*pъlku	*pъlkoma	*pъlkomъ
accusative	*pъlkъ	*pъlka	*pъlky
instrumental	pъlkъmь, pъlkomь^*	*pъlkoma	*pъlky
locative	*pъlcě	*pъlku	*pъlcěxъ
vocative	*pъlče	*pъlka	*pъlci

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: пълкъ (pŭlkŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: полкъ (polk) (< influence of the Middle Russian полкъ (polk))
    - Belarusian: полк (polk)
    - Ukrainian: полк (polk), повк (povk), півк (pivk)
    - → Polish: połk, półk, pułk
      - → German: Pulk
      - → Latvian: pulks
  - Middle Russian: полкъ (polk)
    - Russian: полк (polk)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: плъкъ (plŭkŭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⱂⰾⱏⰽⱏ (plŭkŭ)
- Bulgarian: пълк (pǎlk)
- Macedonian: полк (polk)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: пу̑к
  
  Latin script: pȗk
- Slovene: połk
West Slavic:
- Czech: pluk
- Old Polish: *pełk
- Slovak: pluk
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: połk

Non-Slavic:
- → Lithuanian: pul̃kas
- → Romanian: pâlc

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pъlkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 424
Pronk-Tiethoff, Saskia E. (2013) The Germanic loanwords in Proto-Slavic‎, Amsterdam - New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 121
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “полк”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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