Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьrsty

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 *pьrstъ (“finger”) +‎ *-y?

Noun

*pьrsty m

1. finger ring
2. ring

Inflection

Declension of *pьrsty (n-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*pьrsty	*pьrsteni	*pьrstene
Accusative	*pьrstenь	*pьrsteni	*pьrsteni
Genitive	*pьrstene	*pьrstenu	*pьrstenъ
Locative	*pьrstene	*pьrstenu	*pьrstenьxъ
Dative	*pьrsteni	*pьrstenьma	*pьrstenьmъ
Instrumental	*pьrstenьmь	*pьrstenьma	*pьrstenьmi
Vocative	*pьrsty	*pьrsteni	*pьrstene

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: пьрстьнь (pĭrstĭnĭ), перстень (perstenĭ)
    • Belarusian: пе́рсцень (pjérscjenʹ)
    • Russian: пе́рстень (pérstenʹ)
    • Ukrainian: пе́рстень (pérstenʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic: пръстень (prŭstenĭ), прьстень (prĭstenĭ)?

  • Bulgarian: пръ́стен (prǎ́sten)
  • Macedonian: прстен (prsten)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: пр̏сте̄н, пр̏сте̑н

    Latin: pȑs̄ten, pȑstȇn

  • Slovene: pŕstan, pŕstan
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: prsten
    • Czech: prsten
  • Kashubian: piestrzéń
  • Polabian: parstén
  • Polish: pierścień
  • Silesian: piestrzyń
  • Slovak: prsteň

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “перст”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, Pavel (1999), “перст”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russian Language, page 25
• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902), “пьрстьнь”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 2: Л – П, Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1772