Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/pīˀsdāˀ

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *písdeh₂ (“vulva”), from *h₁epi (“upon, by”) + *sed- (“to sit”), i.e. originally an euphemism meaning "what one sits on".

Noun

*pīˀsdāˀ f

1. vulva
2. buttocks?

Inflection

Declension of *pīˀsdāˀ (ā-stem, unknown accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*pīˀsdāˀ	*pīˀsdāiˀ	*pīˀsdās
Accusative	*pīˀsdā(ˀ)n	*pīˀsdāiˀ	*pīˀsdā(ˀ)ns
Genitive	*pīˀsdā(ˀ)s	*pīˀsdāu(ˀ)	*pīˀsdōn
Locative	*pīˀsdāiˀ	*pīˀsdāu(ˀ)	*pīˀsdā(ˀ)su
Dative	*pīˀsdāi	*pīˀsdā(ˀ)mā(ˀ)	*pīˀsdā(ˀ)mas
Instrumental	*pīˀsdāˀn	*pīˀsdā(ˀ)māˀ	*pīˀsdā(ˀ)mīˀs
Vocative	*pīˀsda	*pīˀsdāiˀ	*pīˀsdās

Descendants

• East Baltic:
  • Latvian: pīzda
  • Lithuanian: pyzdà
• West Baltic:
  • Old Prussian: peisda (“ass”)
• Proto-Slavic: *pizdà (see there for further descendants)