Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/perpona
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editFrom *per- (“across”) + *pęti (“to stretch”).
Noun
edit*perpona f
Declension
editDeclension of *perpona (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *perpona | *perponě | *perpony |
genitive | *perpony | *perponu | *perponъ |
dative | *perponě | *perponama | *perponamъ |
accusative | *perponǫ | *perponě | *perpony |
instrumental | *perponojǫ, *perponǫ** | *perponama | *perponami |
locative | *perponě | *perponu | *perponasъ, *perponaxъ* |
vocative | *perpono | *perponě | *perpony |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).
** 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).
Descendants
edit- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: перапо́на (pjerapóna)
- ⇒ Russian: перепо́нка (perepónka)
- Ukrainian: перепо́на (perepóna)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “перепонка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress