Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pětьlъ

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

Formed as *pěti (“to sing”) +‎ *-ьlъ, with preserved -t- from the infinitive. Of onomatopoeic nature, just like Proto-Slavic *kokotъ (from ko-ko!) and Proto-Slavic *kurъ (from ku-ku!). In parallel to this form, some daughter languages employ the duals *pěvьnь (in Ukrainian/Belarusian), *pětuxъ (in Russian), *pětelìnъ[1] (in Slovene).

Noun

*pětь̀lъ m

rooster, cock
Synonyms: *kokotъ, *kurъ

Alternative forms

*pěvьnь m
*pětuxъ m
*pětelìnъ m

Declension

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

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*pětь̀lъ	*pětьlà	*pětьlì
Accusative	*pětь̀lъ	*pětьlà	*pětьlỳ
Genitive	*pětьlà	*pětьlù	*pětь̀lъ
Locative	*pětьlě̀	*pětьlù	*pětь̀lěxъ
Dative	*pětьlù	*pětьlòma	*pětьlòmъ
Instrumental	pětьlъ̀mь, pětьlòmь^*	*pětьlòma	*pětь̀ly
Vocative	*pětьle	*pětьlà	*pětьlì

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

Related terms

*pěsnь (“song”)
*pěvъ (“refrain (of song)”)
- *pěvьcь (“singer”)
*piskъ (“scream, cry”)

Also see

*pipę (“chicken”)
*pilę (“chicken”)
*kurica (“hen”)
*kokošь(ka) (“hen”)
*pipa (“hen”)
*pipati (“to pip”)

Derived terms

*pětьlę (diminutive)
*pětьlařь (“musician, beadle”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: пе́вень (pjévjenʹ)
- Russian: пе́тел (pétel) (obsolete), пету́х (petúx)
- Ukrainian: пі́вень (pívenʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: пѣтьлъ (pětĭlŭ)
- Bulgarian: пете́л (petél)
- Macedonian: петел (petel)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: пије́тао
  Cyrillic: пе́тао

- Latin: pijétao
  Latin: pétao
- Slovene: petélin

References

Snoj, Marko (2016), “petélin”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*pěteli̋nъ”

[1] Snoj, Marko (2016), “petélin”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*pěteli̋nъ”