Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьňь
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Proto-Slavic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *pin- (“piece of wood”) or *spey- (“spike, pointed piece of wood”).
Possible cognates: Sanskrit पिनाक n (pínākam, “staff, stick, bow”), Ancient Greek πίναξ m (pínax, “wooden board, writing slate, painting”), Old High German witu-fîna f (“pile of wood”), Middle Low German vîne (“pile of wood”).
Noun[edit]
*pь̏ňь m[1]
- trunk (part of a tree)
Inflection[edit]
Declension of *pь̏ňь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm c)
See also[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References[edit]
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pь̑nь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 427: “m. jo (c) ‘trunk’”
Further reading[edit]
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пень”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “pień”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 429
- Snoj, Marko (2016) “pȃnj”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si