Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pędь

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-Indo-European *(s)pénd-i-s, from *(s)pend- (“to stretch”).

Noun

*pę̑dь f

1. span

Inflection

Declension of *pę̑dь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pę̑dь	*pę̑di	*pę̑di
genitive	*pędí	*pędьjù, *pęďu*	*pędь̀jь
dative	*pę̑di	*pędьmà	*pę̑dьmъ
accusative	*pę̑dь	*pę̑di	*pę̑di
instrumental	*pędьjǫ́	*pędьmà	*pędьmì
locative	*pędí	*pędьjù, *pęďu*	*pę̑dьxъ
vocative	*pędi	*pę̑di	*pę̑di

^* 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

• *pǫditi

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: пядзя (pjadzja)
  • Russian: пядь (pjadʹ)
  • Ukrainian: п'ядь (pʺjadʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: пѧдь (pędĭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱂⱔⰴⱐ (pędĭ)

  • Bulgarian: педя (pedja), пенда (penda) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пе̑даљ

    Latin script: pȇdalj

  • Slovene: pẹ̑d
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: pied
    • Czech: píď
      • Moravian (Mistřice): píť
  • Polish: piędź
  • Slovak: piaď