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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьňь

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

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

*pь̏ňь m[1]

  1. trunk (part of a tree)

Inflection
Declension of *pь̏ňь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *pь̏ňь *pь̏ňa *pь̏ňi
genitive *pь̏ňa *pьňù *pь̀ňь
dative *pь̏ňu *pьňemà *pьňèmъ
accusative *pь̏ňь *pь̏ňa *pь̏ňę̇
instrumental *pь̏ňьmь, *pь̏ňemь* *pьňemà *pьňí
locative *pь̏ňi *pьňù *pьňĩxъ
vocative *pьňu *pь̏ňa *pь̏ňi
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

See also

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: пьнь (pĭnĭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Church Slavonic: пьнь (pĭnĭ)
    • Bulgarian: пън (pǎn)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: па̑њ
      Latin script: pȃnj
    • Slovene: pȃnj
  • West Slavic:

References
  1. 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
  • 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
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