Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pętьno

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *pętà (“heel”) +‎ *-ьno.

Noun

*pętьno n

1. trace

   Synonyms: *slě̑dъ, *stopa, *tropъ

2. mark, stigma

   Synonym: *znàmę

Inflection

Declension of *pętьno (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pętьno	*pętьně	*pętьna
genitive	*pętьna	*pętьnu	*pętьnъ
dative	*pętьnu	*pętьnoma	*pętьnomъ
accusative	*pętьno	*pętьně	*pętьna
instrumental	*pętьnъmь, *pętьnomь*	*pętьnoma	*pętьny
locative	*pętьně	*pętьnu	*pętьněxъ
vocative	*pętьno	*pętьně	*pętьna

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

nouns

• *pę̀dlo
• *pę̑dь

 

verbs

• *pęti
• *pǫditi

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: пѧтьно (pętĭno)
    • Old Ruthenian: пѧтно́ (pjatnó), петно́ (petnó)
      • Ukrainian: пя́тно́ (pjátnó), петьмо́ (petʹmó) (dialectal)
    • Russian: пятно́ (pjatnó)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Serbian Church Slavonic: пѧтьно (pętĭno)
  • Bulgarian: петно́ (petnó)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: piątno
    • Polish: piętno

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пятно́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “пя́тно́”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 652