Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьňь
Proto-Slavic edit
Etymology edit
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *pin- (“piece of wood”) or *spey- (“spike, pointed piece of wood”).
Possible cognates: Sanskrit पिनाक n (pínākam, “staff, stick, bow”), Ancient Greek πίναξ m (pínax, “wooden board, writing slate, painting”), Old High German witu-fîna f (“pile of wood”), Middle Low German vîne (“pile of wood”).
Noun edit
*pь̏ňь m[1]
- trunk (part of a tree)
Inflection edit
Declension of *pь̏ňь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm c)
See also edit
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References edit
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*pь̑nь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 427: “m. jo (c) ‘trunk’”
Further reading edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “пень”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “pień”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 429
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “pȃnj”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si