Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьňь

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

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *pin- (“piece of wood”) or *spey- (“spike, pointed piece of wood”).

Possible cognates: Sanskrit पिनाक n (pínākam, “staff, stick, bow”), Ancient Greek πίναξ m (pínax, “wooden board, writing slate, painting”), Old High German witu-fîna f (“pile of wood”), Middle Low German vîne (“pile of wood”).

Noun

*pь̏ňь m

1. trunk (part of a tree)

Inflection

Declension of *pь̏ňь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pь̏ňь	*pь̏ňa	*pь̏ňi
genitive	*pь̏ňa	*pьňù	*pь̀ňь
dative	*pь̏ňu	*pьňemà	*pьňèmъ
accusative	*pь̏ňь	*pь̏ňa	*pь̏ňę̇
instrumental	*pь̏ňьmь, *pь̏ňemь*	*pьňemà	*pьňí
locative	*pь̏ňi	*pьňù	*pьňĩxъ
vocative	*pьňu	*pь̏ňa	*pь̏ňi

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

See also

• *pęti

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: пьнь (pĭnĭ)
    • Belarusian: пень (pjenʹ)
    • Russian: пень (penʹ)
    • Ukrainian: пень (penʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Church Slavonic: пьнь (pĭnĭ)
  • Bulgarian: пън (pǎn)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: па̑њ

    Latin script: pȃnj

  • Slovene: pȃnj
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: peň
    • Czech: peň
      • Moravian (Mistřice): peň
  • Kashubian: piéń
  • Polish: pień
  • Slovak: peň
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: pjenk
    • Lower Sorbian: ṕeńk, ṕeń

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пень”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “pień”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 429
• Snoj, Marko (2016) “pȃnj”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si