Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pęti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *pínˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penH-.

Verb

*pęti

1. to stretch
2. to tie, fix together

Inflection

Conjugation of *pęti (?, -V/C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*pętьje	*pęti	*pętъ	*pęlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*pętъ	*pьnomъ
Active	*pьnъ	*pьny

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pęsъ	*pę	*pę	*pьnǫ	*pьneši	*pьnetь
Dual	*pęsově	*pęsta	*pęste	*pьnevě	*pьneta	*pьnete
Plural	*pęsomъ	*pęste	*pęsę	*pьnemъ	*pьnete	*pьnǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pьněaxъ	*pьněaše	*pьněaše	—	*pьni	*pьni
Dual	*pьněaxově	*pьněašeta	*pьněašete	*pьněvě	*pьněta	—
Plural	*pьněaxomъ	*pьněašete	*pьněaxǫ	*pьněmъ	*pьněte	—

Related terms

• *pędlo (“loom”)
• (possibly) *pętà (“heel”)
• (possibly) *pǫ̀to (“fetter”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: пꙗти (pjati)
    • Belarusian: пяць (pjacʹ)
    • Russian: пять (pjatʹ) (obsolete), -пять (-pjatʹ)
    • Ukrainian: п'я́сти (pʺjásty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: пѧти (pęti)

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

  • Bulgarian: пъ́на (pǎ́na)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: пе̑ти

    Latin: pȇti

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: pieti
    • Czech: pnout
  • Polish: piąć
  • Slovak: pnúť
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: pjeć
    • Lower Sorbian: pjeś

Further reading

• Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “пина́ть”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 33
• Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “пну”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress