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פּאָל 1
‘floor’

פּאָל 1
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דער
'floor'

ETYMOLOGY

Ukrainian пол 'sleeping bench', Belarusian пол 'floor'; Russian пол 'floor', Old Russian полъ 'foundation' < ✱pol-o-
Related: OE fala 'board'; from PGmc ✱falan- 'board' (NEUR).
Old Russian полица 'shelf', Ukrainian поли́ця, Polish (archaic, dialect) polica (see פּאָליצע) < Proto-Slavic ✱polìca 'shelf'.
Old Church Slavonic palica 'staff', Russian па́лица 'club, cudgel', Polish (dialect) palica 'club' < Proto-Slavic ✱palica 'stick, staff'.
Russian па́лка 'stick, staff', Polish pałka < Proto-Slavic ✱palъka. 'stick, staff'.