Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьkъlъ

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

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Etymology

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Perhaps from Proto-Balto-Slavic *píkis, *píkulas, from Proto-Indo-European *pik- (pitch) or alternatively connected to *pey(H)- (fat). Cognate with Old Prussian pyculs (hell) (possibly a Polish borrowing) and akin to Latvian piķis (pitch), Lithuanian pìkis (pitch) (sometimes considered Germanic borrowings); Ancient Greek πίσσα (píssa, pitch), Latin pix (pitch). A borrowing from Latin picula (pitch) is not excluded.

Noun

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*pьkъ̀lъ m[2][3]

  1. pitch, resin
    Synonym: *smola
  2. (by extension) hell, inferno

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  • Non-Slavic:

Further reading

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  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “pikis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 355
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пе́кло”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “пъкъл”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 41

References

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  1. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “pьklъ pьkla”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b hell (NA 114)
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pьcьlъ; *pьkъlъ; *pьkъlo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 426:(b) ‘pitch, hell’
  3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “pekel”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *pьkъlъ̏