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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/pírštan

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pr̥-sth₂-o-m (“tip”),[1][2] from *per- +‎ *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”) +‎ *-om. Compare also Sanskrit पृष्ठ (pṛṣṭhá, “back”).

Noun

*pírštan n[1][3]

  1. finger

Inflection

Fixed accent.

Declension of *pírštan (o-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *píršta *pírštai *pírštāˀ
Accusative *píršta *pírštai *pírštāˀ
Genitive *pírštā *pírštāu(ˀ) *pírštōn
Locative *pírštai *pírštāu(ˀ) *pírštaišu
Dative *pírštōi *pírštamā(ˀ) *pírštamas
Instrumental *pírštōˀ *pírštamāˀ *pírštōis
Vocative *píršta *pírštai *pírštāˀ

Descendants
  • East Baltic:
    • Latgalian: piersts
    • Latvian: pirksts
    • Lithuanian: pir̃štas
  • West Baltic:
  • Proto-Slavic: *pь̃rstъ (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pь̀rstъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 428: “BSL *pirštó”
  2. Nikolajev, S. L. (2012) “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura‎ (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 60
  3. Derksen, Rick (2015) “pirštas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 358: “BSl *piršto”
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