Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/napьrstъkъ

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 *na (“on”) +‎ *pьrstъ (“finger”) +‎ *-ъkъ.

Noun

*napьrstъkъ m

1. thimble

Declension

Declension of *napьrstъkъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*napьrstъkъ	*napьrstъka	*napьrstъci
genitive	*napьrstъka	*napьrstъku	*napьrstъkъ
dative	*napьrstъku	*napьrstъkoma	*napьrstъkomъ
accusative	*napьrstъkъ	*napьrstъka	*napьrstъky
instrumental	*napьrstъkъmь, *napьrstъkomь*	*napьrstъkoma	*napьrstъky
locative	*napьrstъcě	*napьrstъku	*napьrstъcěxъ
vocative	*napьrstъče	*napьrstъka	*napьrstъci

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: напёрсток (napjórstok)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: наперсток (naperstok)
  • Ukrainian: напе́рсток (napérstok)
• South Slavic:
  • ⇒ Bulgarian: на́пръстник (náprǎstnik)
  • Macedonian: напрсток (naprstok)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: напрстак

    Latin script: naprstak

  • ⇒ Slovene: napȓstnik (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: náprstek
    • Czech: náprstek
  • Old Polish: naparstek
    • Polish: naparstek
      • → Belarusian: напа́рстак (napárstak)
    • Silesian: nŏpasztek
  • Slovak: náprstok

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1995), “*napьrstъkъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 22 (*naděliti – *narodъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 236