Reconstruction:Old Novgorodian/полꙑмѧ

This Old Novgorodian 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.

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pòlmy (“flame”) +‎ -ѧ (-ję) with Old Pskovian dialectal (Krivichs area) reflex of pleophony *TolT > *TolᵊT, *TolᵒT, and from which -олэ- (-olɛ-), -олы- (-oly-) apparently originate, found in Northern Russian dialects.[1] Cognate with Old East Slavic поломѧ (polomę), Old Ruthenian по́ломѧ (pólomja), where the normal East Slavic pleophony *TolT > ToloT.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: *по‧лꙑ‧мѧ

Noun

*полꙑмѧ • (*polymę) n

  1. (Old Pskovian) flame

Descendants

  • →? Old Ruthenian: *по́лымѧ (*pólymja)
    • Belarusian: по́лымя (pólymja); по́лым'е (pólymʺje) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: по́лим'я (pólymʺja), по́лимня (pólymnja), по́лім'я (pólimʺja) (dialectal)
  • → Russian: по́лымя (pólymja)

References

  1. ^ DND2, §2.5 page 39‒40
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