Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pěšьka
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Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from *pěšь (“pedestrian, on foot”).
Noun
[edit]*pěšьka f
Declension
[edit]Declension of *pěšьka (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *pěšьka | *pěšьcě | *pěšьky |
genitive | *pěšьky | *pěšьku | *pěšьkъ |
dative | *pěšьcě | *pěšьkama | *pěšьkamъ |
accusative | *pěšьkǫ | *pěšьcě | *pěšьky |
instrumental | *pěšьkojǫ, *pěšьkǫ** | *pěšьkama | *pěšьkami |
locative | *pěšьcě | *pěšьku | *pěšьkasъ, *pěšьkaxъ* |
vocative | *pěšьko | *pěšьcě | *pěšьky |
* -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).
** 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).
Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: пе́шка (péška)
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пе́шка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress