Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/poľaninъ

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 *poľe (“field”) +‎ *-janinъ.

Noun

*poľaninъ m

1. field dweller

Declension

Declension of *poľaninъ (hard o-stem, consonant stem)

Case	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*poľaninъ	*poľanina	*poľane
Accusative	*poľaninъ	*poľanina	*poľany?
Genitive	*poľaninа	*poľaninu	*poľanъ
Locative	*poľanině	*poľaninu	*poľanьxъ
Dative	*poľaninu	*poľaninoma	*poľanьmъ
Instrumental	*poľaninomь	*poľaninoma	*poľany?
Vocative	*poľanine	*poľanina	*poľane

See also

• *lęděninъ (“wasteland dweller”)
• *boltěninъ (“swamp dweller”)
• *gořaninъ (“mountain dweller”)
• *polninьcъ (“mountain dweller”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: полꙗнинъ (poljaninŭ), полꙗне pl (poljane)
    • Belarusian: паля́не pl (paljánje)
    • Russian: поля́нин (poljánin), поля́не pl (poljáne)
    • Ukrainian: поля́ни pl (poljány)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: Polanín
    • Polish: Polanin, Polanie pl
    • → Middle Dutch: Polanen
    • → Latin: Polonia (see there for further descendants)
    • → Middle High German: Polen pl
      • German: Polen n
        • → Danish: Polen
        • → Northern Sami: Polen
        • → Norwegian Bokmål: Polen
        • → Norwegian Nynorsk: Polen
        • → Swedish: Polen
          • → Finnish: Puola
          • → Estonian: Poola
      • Yiddish: פּוילן n (poyln)
      • ⇒ German: Pole
        • → Dutch: Pool
        • → English: Pole
      • → Middle Dutch: Polen
        • Dutch: Polen

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “поляне”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “поляк”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “полька”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “поляни”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka