pъlkъ

pъlkъ Grammatical information: m. o Proto-Slavic meaning: `troop'

Old Church Slavic:

plъkъ (Ps. Sin., Supr.) `troop, army' [m o]

Russian:

polk `regiment' [m o]

Czech:

pluk `regiment' [m o]

Slovak:

pluk `regiment' [m o]

Polish:

puɫk `regiment' [m o]

Serbo-Croatian:

pȗk `people, crowd, regiment' [m o], pȗka [Gens];

Čak. pȗk (Vrgada) `people, crowd' [m o], pȗka [Gens]

Slovene:

pȏɫk `regiment' [m o]

Indo-European reconstruction: plk-o-

Comments: Unless we are dealing with a borrowing from Germanic.

Other cognates:

OIc. folk `army, people'

;

OE folc `army, detachment, people'