pȇlnъ

pȇlnъ Grammatical information: m. o Accent paradigm: c Proto-Slavic meaning: `loot, spoils, captivity'

Old Church Slavic:

plěnъ `captivity, loot' [m o]

Russian:

polón (arch.) `captivity' [m o], polóna [Gens] \{1\}

Old Russian:

polonъ `loot' [m o]

Belorussian:

palón (arch.) `captivity' [m o], palónu [Gens]

Ukrainian:

polón `captivity' [m o], polónu [Gens]

Czech:

plen `loot, spoils' [m o]

Slovak:

plen `gain' [m o]

Polish:

plon `harvest' [m o]

Serbo-Croatian:

plȉjen `gain' [m o]

Slovene:

plẹ̑n `loot' [m o]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: pelnos

Lithuanian:

pel̃nas `gain, profit' [m o] 4

Latvian:

pèl̨n̨a `gain, profit' [f ā]

Page in Pokorny: 904

Comments: The accentuation of the verb polonít' (arch.) `to take captive', 3sg. polonít, may be considered evidence for original mobility (cf. Illič-Svityč 1963: 43).

Other cognates:

Gk. πώλω `sell' [verb];

OIc. falr `for sale' [adj]