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

pestle

Declension

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

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*pě̃stъ	*pě̄stà	*pě̄stì
Accusative	*pě̃stъ	*pě̄stà	*pě̄stỳ
Genitive	*pě̄stà	*pě̄stù	*pě̃stъ
Locative	*pě̄stě̀	*pě̄stù	*pě̃stěxъ
Dative	*pě̄stù	*pě̄stòma	*pě̄stòmъ
Instrumental	pě̄stъ̀mь, pě̄stòmь^*	*pě̄stòma	*pě̃sty
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 Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress