Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pěstъ

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 *paista, from Proto-Indo-European *poys-to-m, from *peys- (“to crush, grind”).

Noun

*pěstъ m

1. pestle

Declension

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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pě̃stъ	*pě̄stà	*pě̄stì
genitive	*pě̄stà	*pě̄stù	*pě̃stъ
dative	*pě̄stù	*pě̄stòma	*pě̄stòmъ
accusative	*pě̃stъ	*pě̄stà	*pě̄stỳ
instrumental	*pě̄stъ̀mь, *pě̄stòmь*	*pě̄stòma	*pě̃sty
locative	*pě̄stě̀	*pě̄stù	*pě̃stěxъ
vocative	*pěste	*pě̄stà	*pě̄stì

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

Related terms

• *pьxati (“to push, shove”)
• *pьšenò (“millet”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: пе́сцік (pjéscik)
  • Russian: пест (pest), пе́стик (péstik)
  • Ukrainian: пе́стик (péstyk)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: pẹ́stọ, pẹ́sta
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: píst, písta
  • Polish: piasta
  • Slovak: piest
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: pěsta
    • Upper Sorbian: pěsta

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pě́stь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 397
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пест”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress