Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pizda

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīˀsdāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *písdeh₂ (“vulva”), from *h₁epi (“upon, by”) + *sed- (“to sit”) + *-eh₂. Originally a euphemism meaning “what one sits on”. Compare *nisdós (“nest”) (see *gně̄zdò) < *h₁ni (“down”) + *sed- (“to sit”).

Cognate with Lithuanian pyzdà, Latvian pīzda (“vulva”), Old Prussian peisda (“ass”), Albanian pidh (“vagina; cunt”), Persian پیزی (pīzī, “ass, anus”).

Noun

*pīzdà f

1. vulva

Inflection

Declension of *pīzdà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pīzdà	*pĩzdě	*pīzdỳ
genitive	*pīzdỳ	*pīzdù	*pĩzdъ
dative	*pīzdě̀	*pīzdàma	*pīzdàmъ
accusative	*pīzdǫ̀	*pĩzdě	*pīzdỳ
instrumental	*pīzdòjǫ, *pĩzdǫ**	*pīzdàma	*pīzdàmī
locative	*pīzdě̀	*pīzdù	*pīzdàsъ, *pīzdàxъ*
vocative	*pizdo	*pĩzdě	*pīzdỳ

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** 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

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sed- (0 c, 6 e)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: пизда (pizda)
    • Middle Russian: пизда́ (pizdá)
      • Russian: пизда́ (pizdá)
        • → Mongolian: пизда (pizda)
        • → Ukrainian: пізда́ (pizdá)
    • Old Ruthenian: *пизда́ (*pizdá)
      • Belarusian: пізда́ (pizdá)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: пизда́ (pyzdá)
      • Ukrainian: пизда́ (pyzdá)
  • Old Novgorodian: пиꙁда (pizda)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: пизда (pizda) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: пизда (pizda) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пи́зда

    Latin script: pízda

    • Chakavian Serbo-Croatian: pīzdȁ
  • Slovene: pīzda
  • → Romanian: pizdă
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: pizda
    • Czech: pizda
  • Old Polish: *pizda
    • Polish: pizda
  • Old Slovak: pizda
    • Slovak: pizda
  • Polabian: pai̯zdă, pai̯zďă
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: ṕizda
    • Slovincian: pjyzda
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: pizda
    • Upper Sorbian: pjeza

Further reading

• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пи́зда”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 230
• Snoj, Marko (2016) “pīzda”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si
• Polański, Kazimierz (1973) “pai̯zdă”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 3 (ľǫ̇dü – perĕ), Wrocław, Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 478
• Bezlaj, France (1995) “pízda”, in Etimološki slovar slovenskega jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Slovenian Language] (in Slovene), volumes 3 (P – S), Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, →ISBN, page 44
• Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “pizda”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 491
• Skok, Petar (1973) “pizda”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 3 (poni² – Ž), Zagreb: JAZU, page 668
• Gluhak, Alemko (1993) “pízda”, in Hrvatski etimološki rječnik [Croatian Etymology Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: August Cesarec, →ISBN, page 481
• Schuster-Šewc, Heinz (1984) “pjeza”, in Historisch-etymologisches Wörterbuch der ober- und niedersorbischen Sprache [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Upper and Lower Sorbian Language] (in German), numbers 14 (njedočink – płomjo), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, →ISBN, page 1083
• Vasmer, Max (1955) “пизда́”, in Russisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (Indogermanische Bibliothek; 2) (in German), volumes 2 (L – Ssuda), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Carl Winter, →ISBN, page 355
• Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 507
• Hamp, Eric P. (1968) “Albanian pidh : Slavic *peizd^|ā́”, in International Journal of Slavic Linguistics and Poetics ‎^[1], volume 11, The Hague: Mouton Publishers, pages 25–26
• “pyzda”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012