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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pręsti

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *(s)prenˀd-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)prend-. Cognate with Lithuanian sprę́sti (to stretch, to spread, to judge, to solve) (3sg. spréndžia), Latvian spriêst (to stretch, to press, to judge, to discuss) (1sg. spriêžu), Old English sprindel (snare, hook). Derksen ascribes the acute tone in the root to Winter's law.

Verb

*pręsti impf

  1. to spin

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *prędь
  • *pręďa (yarn)
  • *prędačь (spinner (agent))
    • *prędačьstvo (filature)
  • *prędivo (spinner (tool))
  • *prędeno (spindle)
  • *prǫdъ (stream, current)
    • *prǫdělь (bank)
    • *prǫdišče (riverbed, channel)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: прꙗсти (prjasti)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “прясть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 79
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pręsti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 419
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пряду́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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