English
polonyna
Polonyna comes from Slovak polonina ‘mountain pasture in Carpathian mountains’, from Proto-Slavic *polninà ‘barren highlands, plateau’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₂-‘flat’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*polh₂-no-sreconstructed
- Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*palˀnasreconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*pȏlnъ‘barren, vain’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*polninà‘barren highlands, plateau’reconstructed
- Ukrainianmodernполони́на‘mountain pasture, mountain meadow, mountain clearing’
- Slovakmodernpolonina‘mountain pasture in Carpathian mountains’
- Englishtodaypolonyna
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₂-‘flat’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*polh₂-no-sreconstructed
- Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*palˀnasreconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*pȏlnъ‘barren, vain’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*polninà‘barren highlands, plateau’reconstructed
- Ukrainianmodernполони́на‘mountain pasture, mountain meadow, mountain clearing’
- Slovakmodernpolonina‘mountain pasture in Carpathian mountains’
- Englishtodaypolonyna
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat’
field, explain, floor, plane, plain, palm, explanation, clan, archipelago, playa, explanatory, fluke, placenta, parma, planar, palatine, placate, plantar, esplanade, implacable, pelagic, flounder, lech, flay, veld, llano, planta, purdah, floe, 49 more
Today it means
noun A montane meadow in the upper subalpine or alpine zones of the Carpathian Mountains.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- / polonyna