English
polje
Polje comes from Proto-Slavic *poľe ‘field’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat, wide’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₂-‘flat, wide’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*poľe‘field’reconstructed
- Englishtodaypolje
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₂-‘flat, wide’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*poľe‘field’reconstructed
- Englishtodaypolje
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat, wide’
field, floor, explain, plane, explanation, plain, palm, clan, archipelago, explanatory, playa, fluke, placenta, planar, parma, palatine, esplanade, flounder, placate, plantar, implacable, pelagic, lech, flay, veld, llano, floe, planta, purdah, 48 more
through Proto-Slavic *poľe ‘field’
Today it means
noun An extensive depression having a flat floor and steep walls but no outflowing surface stream and found in a region having karst topography (as in parts of Yugoslavia).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- / polje