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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/piščalь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From earlier *piskělь, from *piskati, *piščati (“squeak, whistle”) + *-ělь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-. According to Derksen, it's best to posit an onomatopoeic root *pī- followed by the suffix *-sk-.
Declension
Declension of *piščalь (i-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *piščalь | *piščali | *piščali |
genitive | *piščali | *piščalьju, *piščaľu* | *piščalьjь, *piščali* |
dative | *piščali | *piščalьma | *piščalьmъ |
accusative | *piščalь | *piščali | *piščali |
instrumental | *piščalьjǫ, *piščaľǫ* | *piščalьma | *piščalьmi |
locative | *piščali | *piščalьju, *piščaľu* | *piščalьxъ |
vocative | *piščali | *piščali | *piščali |
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Related terms
- *piskorь, *piskarь, *piskalъ (“loach, gudgeon”)
Descendants
- Church Slavonic: пищаль (pištalĭ)
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: píščala
- Czech: píšťala (see there for further descendants)
- Polish: piszczel, piszczałka
- Slovak: píšťala
- Old Czech: píščala
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пищаль”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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