Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/pírštan
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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 edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Inflection edit
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 edit
- East Baltic:
- West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: pirsten
- Proto-Slavic: *pь̃rstъ (see there for further descendants)
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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”
- ^ 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[1] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 60
- ^ 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”