Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pěšь

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

Ultimately a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

Adjective

*pěšь^[1]

pedestrian
on foot

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: пѣшь (pěšĭ)
- Belarusian: пе́шы (pjéšy)
- Russian: пе́ший (péšij)
- Ukrainian: піший (pišyj)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: пѣшь (pěšĭ)
  
  Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: пеш (peš), пе́ши (péši)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: пjе̏ше
  
  Latin script: pješe
- Slovene: ре̣̑šji (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: pěší
- Polish: pieszy
- Slovak: pěší
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: ре̌šу
  - Upper Sorbian: pěši

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pěšь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 398: “adj. jo ‘pedestrian, on foot’”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pěšь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 398: “adj. jo ‘pedestrian, on foot’”

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