Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/piti

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

Ultimately from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pītei, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-, with differing explanations:

• Derksen: *ph₃i-
• Černyx: *pō(y)- : *pī- (“to drink”)
• Vasmer: related to *pōy- : *pī-

Cognates include Lithuanian puotà (“drinking spree, wassail”), Old Prussian pōuton (“to drink”), poieiti (“drink (imperative)”), Sanskrit पाति (pāti, “he drinks”), पाययति (pāyayati, “to give to drink”), Sanskrit पिबति (pibati, “he drinks”), पीत (pīta, “drunk”), Ancient Greek πόσις (pósis, “the act of drinking”), πίνω (pínō, “I drink”), πώνω (pṓnō, “I drink”), Latin pōtus (“drunk, having been drunk”), and (from reduplicated present stem), Latin bibō (“I drink”) (earlier *pibō), Albanian pi (“I drink”), Old Irish ibid (“to drink”).

Verb

*pìti impf

1. to drink

Conjugation

Conjugation of *piti, *pi(tъ), *pьjetь (impf., -V-, t-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*pitьje	*piti	*pitъ	*pilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*pitъ	*pьjemъ
Active	*pivъ	*pьję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pixъ	*pi(tъ)	*pi(tъ)	*pьjǫ	*pьješi	*pьjetь
Dual	*pixově	*pista	*piste	*pьjevě	*pьjeta	*pьjete
Plural	*pixomъ	*piste	*pišę	*pьjemъ	*pьjete	*pьjǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pьjaaxъ	*pьjaaše	*pьjaaše	—	*pьji	*pьji
Dual	*pьjaaxově	*pьjaašeta	*pьjaašete	*pьjivě	*pьjita	—
Plural	*pьjaaxomъ	*pьjaašete	*pьjaaxǫ	*pьjimъ	*pьjite	—

See also

• *pijati
  • *pьjanъ
  • *pьjavъka, *pijavica
• *pirъ
• *pivo (“drink, beer”)
• *pojiti (“to give to drink”)
• *pojь (“beverage, drink”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: пити (piti)
    • Old Ruthenian: пи́ти (píti)
      • Belarusian: піць (picʹ)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: пи́ти (pýty)
      • Ukrainian: пи́ти (pýty)
    • Russian: пить (pitʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: пити (piti)

    Glagolitic script: ⱂⰻⱅⰻ (piti)

  • Bulgarian: пи́я (píja)
  • Macedonian: пи́е (píe)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пи̏ти

    Latin script: pȉti

  • Slovene: píti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: píti
    • Czech: pít
  • Kashubian: pic
  • Polish: pić
    • → German: pitschen
  • Slovak: piť
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: pić
    • Lower Sorbian: piś

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “пить”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 36