Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьlzati

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-Balto-Slavic *pilźtei.

Per Derksen, we must reconstruct a Proto-Indo-European root *pelHǵʰ- with a laryngeal due to the Balto-Slavic acute on the root. Probably connected with *pȏlzъ (“sledge runner? reptile? plough sole? ("crawling thing")”); possibly connected with Old High German felga (“felly, harrow”). Chernykh notes the difficulties with this root but suggests a possible relationship with Proto-Slavic *polsà (“strip”), with an alternation between voiced and voiceless consonants sometimes observed in other roots.

Verb

*pь̀lzati impf

to creep, to crawl

Inflection

Conjugation of *pьlzati, *pьlza, *pelžetь (impf., intr., -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*pьlzanьje	*pьlzati	*pьlzatъ	*pьlzalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	—	—
Active	*pьlzavъ	*pelžę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pьlzaxъ	*pьlza	*pьlza	*pelžǫ	*pelžeši	*pelžetь
Dual	*pьlzaxově	*pьlzasta	*pьlzaste	*pelževě	*pelžeta	*pelžete
Plural	*pьlzaxomъ	*pьlzaste	*pьlzašę	*pelžemъ	*pelžete	*pelžǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pьlzaaxъ	*pьlzaaše	*pьlzaaše	—	*pelži	*pelži
Dual	*pьlzaaxově	*pьlzaašeta	*pьlzaašete	*pelživě	*pelžita	—
Plural	*pьlzaaxomъ	*pьlzaašete	*pьlzaaxǫ	*pelžimъ	*pelžite	—

Conjugation of *pьlzati, *pьlza, *pьlzajetь (impf., intr., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*pьlzanьje	*pьlzati	*pьlzatъ	*pьlzalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	—	—
Active	*pьlzavъ	*pьlzaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pьlzaxъ	*pьlza	*pьlza	*pьlzajǫ	*pьlzaješi	*pьlzajetь
Dual	*pьlzaxově	*pьlzasta	*pьlzaste	*pьlzajevě	*pьlzajeta	*pьlzajete
Plural	*pьlzaxomъ	*pьlzaste	*pьlzašę	*pьlzajemъ	*pьlzajete	*pьlzajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pьlzaaxъ	*pьlzaaše	*pьlzaaše	—	*pьlzaji	*pьlzaji
Dual	*pьlzaaxově	*pьlzaašeta	*pьlzaašete	*pьlzajivě	*pьlzajita	—
Plural	*pьlzaaxomъ	*pьlzaašete	*pьlzaaxǫ	*pьlzajimъ	*pьlzajite	—

Related terms

*pьlztì (“to creep, to crawl”)
*pȏlzъ (“sledge runner? reptile? plough sole? ("crawling thing")”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: пълзати (pŭlzati)
  - Belarusian: по́ўзаць (póŭzacʹ)
  - Russian: по́лзать (pólzatʹ), 1sg. по́лзаю (pólzaju)
  - Ukrainian: по́взати (póvzaty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: пльзати (plĭzati)
  
  Glagolitic: ⱂⰾⱐⰸⰰⱅⰻ (plĭzati)
- Bulgarian: пълзя́ (pǎlzjá)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: пу̏зати
  
  Latin: pȕzati
- Slovene: półzati (tonal orthography), 1sg. półzam (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Polish: pełzać

References

Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “по́лзать”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 51
Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pь̀lzati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 427
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ползу́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress