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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pelynъ

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 reconstructions

  • *pelynь

Etymology

Per Vasmer, from the root of *polěti (to burn), which is akin to *paliti (to burn, to singe). Other proposals include relation with Proto-Slavic *pelvelъ (weed), *polvъ (pale).

Noun

*pelynъ m

  1. artemisia, wormwood

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: пелꙑнъ (pelynŭ), пелꙑнь (pelynĭ)
      • Belarusian: полы́н (polýn)
      • Russian: полы́нь f (polýnʹ)
      • Ukrainian: поли́н (polýn)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “полы́нь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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