Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/pírštan

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pr̥-sth₂-o-m (“tip”)[1][2], from *per- +‎ *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”) +‎ *-om. Compare also Sanskrit पृष्ठ (pṛṣṭhá, “back”).

Noun

*pírštan n[1][3]

finger

Inflection

Fixed accent.

Declension of *pírštan (o-stem)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*píršta	*pírštai	*pírštāˀ
Accusative	*píršta	*pírštai	*pírštāˀ
Genitive	*pírštā	*pírštāu⁽ˀ⁾	*pírštōn
Locative	*pírštai	*pírštāu⁽ˀ⁾	*pírštaišu
Dative	*pírštōi	*pírštamā⁽ˀ⁾	*pírštamas
Instrumental	*pírštōˀ	*pírštamāˀ	*pírštōis
Vocative	*píršta	*pírštai	*pírštāˀ

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latgalian: piersts
- Latvian: pirksts
- Lithuanian: pir̃štas
  - Panevėžys: p̑ör̃ˑštъs
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: pirsten
Proto-Slavic: *pь̃rstъ (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*pь̀rstъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 428: “BSL *pirštó”
Nikolajev, S. L. (2012), “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura‎ (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 60
Derksen, Rick (2015), “pirštas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 358: “BSl *piršto”

[EDSIL-1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*pь̀rstъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 428: “BSL *pirštó”

[2] Nikolajev, S. L. (2012), “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura‎ (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 60

[3] Derksen, Rick (2015), “pirštas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 358: “BSl *piršto”