Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pelsti

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

Alternative forms

*pьlztì

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *pilźtei. See *pь̀lzati.

Verb

*pelsti

to creep, to crawl

Inflection

Conjugation of *pelsti, *pьlze, *pьlzetь (impf., intr., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*pьlzenьje	*pelsti	*pelstъ	*pьlzlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	—	—
Active	*pьlzъ	*pьlzy

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pьlz(ox)ъ	*pьlze	*pьlze	*pьlzǫ	*pьlzeši	*pьlzetь
Dual	*pьlz(ox)ově	*pьlz(e/os)ta	*pьlz(e/os)te	*pьlzevě	*pьlzeta	*pьlzete
Plural	*pьlz(ox)omъ	*pьlz(e/os)te	pьlzǫ, pьlzošę	*pьlzemъ	*pьlzete	*pьlzǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pьlzěaxъ	*pьlzěaše	*pьlzěaše	—	*pьlzi	*pьlzi
Dual	*pьlzěaxově	*pьlzěašeta	*pьlzěašete	*pьlzěvě	*pьlzěta	—
Plural	*pьlzěaxomъ	*pьlzěašete	*pьlzěaxǫ	*pьlzěmъ	*pьlzěte	—

Derived terms

*pьlžь (“snail, slug”)

Related terms

*pь̀lzati (“to creep, to crawl”)
*pȏlzъ (“sled runner, skid; reptile; snail”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: пълзти (pŭlzti)
  - Belarusian: паўзці́ (paŭzcí)
  - Russian: ползти́ (polztí), 1sg. ползу́ (polzú), 3sg. ползёт (polzjót)
  - Ukrainian: повзти́ (povztý)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: плъсти (plŭsti), плѣсти (plěsti)
  
  Glagolitic: [Term?]

References

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

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