Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/piščalь

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 earlier *piskělь, from *piskati, *piščati (“squeak, whistle”) +‎ *-ělь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-. According to Derksen, it's best to posit an onomatopoeic root *pī- followed by the suffix *-sk-.

Noun

*piščalь f

1. (music) pipe
2. shinbone

   Synonym: *golěnь

Declension

Declension of *piščalь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*piščalь	*piščali	*piščali
genitive	*piščali	*piščalьju, *piščaľu*	*piščalьjь, *piščali*
dative	*piščali	*piščalьma	*piščalьmъ
accusative	*piščalь	*piščali	*piščali
instrumental	*piščalьjǫ, *piščaľǫ*	*piščalьma	*piščalьmi
locative	*piščali	*piščalьju, *piščaľu*	*piščalьxъ
vocative	*piščali	*piščali	*piščali

^* 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).

Related terms

• *piskorь, *piskarь, *piskalъ (“loach, gudgeon”)

Descendants

• Church Slavonic: пищаль (pištalĭ)

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: пішча́ль (piščálʹ)
  • Russian: пища́ль (piščálʹ)
  • Ukrainian: пища́ль (pyščálʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: пищя́л (pištjál, “shinbone”)
  • Macedonian: писка (piska, “shinbone”)
  • Slovene: piščal
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: píščala
    • Czech: píšťala (see there for further descendants)
  • Polish: piszczel, piszczałka
  • Slovak: píšťala

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пищаль”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress