Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьšeno

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *pišena, from Proto-Indo-European *pis-en-om, from *peys- (“grind, crush”).

Noun

*pьšenò n

1. millet

Declension

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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pьšenò	*pьšèně	*pьšenà
genitive	*pьšenà	*pьšenù	*pьšènъ
dative	*pьšenù	*pьšenòma	*pьšenòmъ
accusative	*pьšenò	*pьšèně	*pьšenà
instrumental	*pьšenъ̀mь, *pьšenòmь*	*pьšenòma	*pьšèny
locative	*pьšeně̀	*pьšenù	*pьšèněxъ
vocative	*pьšenò	*pьšèně	*pьšenà

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

Derived terms

• *pьšenica

Related terms

• *pě̃stъ (“pestle”)

• *pьxati (“to push, shove”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: пьшено (pĭšeno)
    • Belarusian: пшано́ (pšanó)
    • Russian: пшено́ (pšenó)
      • → Kildin Sami: ше̄ннҍ (šienn’)
    • Ukrainian: пшоно́ (pšonó)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: пьшено (pĭšeno)

    Glagolitic script: [Term?]

  • Serbo-Croatian:
    • Latin script: pšéna
    • Cyrillic script: пше́на
  • Slovene: pšéno
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: pšeno
    • Czech:
      • Bohemian : pšeno
  • Polish: pszono
  • Slovak: pšeno

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pьšenò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 431
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пшени́ца”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress