Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pětьlъ

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

Formed as *pěti (“to sing”) +‎ *-ьlъ, with preserved -t- from the infinitive. Of onomatopoeic nature, just like Proto-Slavic *kokotъ (from ko-ko!) and Proto-Slavic *kurъ (from ku-ku!). In parallel to this form, some daughter languages employ the duals *pěvьnь (in Ukrainian/Belarusian), *pětuxъ (in Russian), *pětelìnъ (in Slovene).

Noun

*pětь̀lъ m

1. rooster, cock

   Synonyms: *kokotъ, *kurъ

Alternative forms

• *pěvьnь m
• *pětuxъ m
• *pětelìnъ m

Declension

Declension of *pětь̀lъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pětь̀lъ	*pětьlà	*pětьlì
genitive	*pětьlà	*pětьlù	*pětь̀lъ
dative	*pětьlù	*pětьlòma	*pětьlòmъ
accusative	*pětь̀lъ	*pětьlà	*pětьlỳ
instrumental	*pětьlъ̀mь, *pětьlòmь*	*pětьlòma	*pětь̀ly
locative	*pětьlě̀	*pětьlù	*pětь̀lěxъ
vocative	*pětьle	*pětьlà	*pětьlì

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *pěsnь (“song”)
• *pěvъ (“refrain (of song)”)
  • *pěvьcь (“singer”)
• *piskъ (“scream, cry”)

Also see

• *pipę (“chicken”)
• *pilę (“chicken”)
• *kurica (“hen”)
• *kokošь(ka) (“hen”)
• *pipa (“hen”)
• *pipati (“to pip”)

Derived terms

• *pětьlę (diminutive)
• *pětьlařь (“musician, beadle”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: пе́вень (pjévjenʹ)
  • Russian: пе́тел (pétel) (obsolete), пету́х (petúx)
  • Ukrainian: пі́вень (pívenʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: пѣтьлъ (pětĭlŭ)
  • Bulgarian: пете́л (petél)
  • Macedonian: петел (petel)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пије́тао, пе́тао

    Latin script: pijétao, pétao

  • Slovene: petélin

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “петух”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “петел¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 195