Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьpьrь

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

Borrowed from Latin piper (“pepper”), from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi), from a dialectal variant of Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”).

Noun

*pьpь̀rь m

1. pepper

Declension

Declension of *pьpь̀rь (i-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pьpь̀rь	*pьpьrì	*pьpь̀rьjē, *pьpь̀řē*
genitive	*pьpь̀ri	*pьpь̀rьju, *pьpьřu*	*pьpьrь̀jь, *pьpь̀ri*
dative	*pьpьrì	*pьpь̀rьma	*pьpьrь̀mъ
accusative	*pьpь̀rь	*pьpьrì	*pьpьrì
instrumental	*pьpьrь̀mь	*pьpь̀rьma	*pьpь̀rьmī
locative	*pьpь̀ri	*pьpь̀rьju, *pьpьřu*	*pьpьrь̀xъ
vocative	*pьpьri	*pьpьrì	*pьpь̀rьjē, *pьpь̀řē*

^* 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

• *pьpьrę̀nъ
  • *pьpьrę̀nīkъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: пьпьрь (pĭpĭrĭ)
    • ⇒ Old East Slavic: пьпьрьць (pĭpĭrĭcĭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: пе́рець (pérecʹ), пе́рецъ (pérecʹ)
        • Belarusian: пе́рац (pjérac)
        • Ukrainian: пе́рець (pérecʹ)
      • Russian: пе́рец (pérec), пе́рецъ (pérec)
        • → Kildin Sami: пе̄рэц (pierec)
        • → Yakut: биэрэс (bieres)
• South Slavic:
  • Church Slavonic: пьпьрь (pĭpĭrĭ) (Serbian)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: па̀пар

    Latin script: pàpar

  • Slovene: pópər, pŕpǝr, péper (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: pepř
  • Polabian: paṕår
  • Polish: pieprz
  • Slovak: piepor
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: popjeŕ
    • Lower Sorbian: peṕeŕ, per

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “перец”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “перец”, 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 21
• Vasmer, Max (1909) Греко-славянскіе этюды. III. Греческія заимствованія въ русскомъ языкѣ (Сборникъ Отдѣленія русскаго языка и словесности Императорской Академіи наукъ; LXXXVI, № 1)‎^[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 178
• А. Преображенский (1910–1914) “пе́рецъ”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка, volume 2, Moscow: Типография Г. Лисснера и Д. Совко, page 44
• А. И. Соболевский (1891) Русские заимствованные слова, Saint Petersburg: Литогр. Д. Руднева, page 15
• Franz Miklosich (1886) “pĭprŭ, pĭprĭ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der slawischen sprachen, Vienna: Wilhelm Braumüller, page 270
• Antonín Matzenauer (1870) “Пьпръ”, in Cizí slova ve slovanských řečech, Brno: Nákladem Matice Moravské, page 69
• Franz Miklosich (1862–1865) “пьпръ”, in Lexicon Palaeoslovenico-Graeco-Latinum emendatum auctum, Vienna: Guilelmus Braumueller, page 758