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

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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]

(clarification of this definition is needed) trunk

Inflection

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

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*pь̏ňь	*pь̏ňa	*pь̏ňi
Accusative	*pь̏ňь	*pь̏ňa	*pь̏ňę̇
Genitive	*pь̏ňa	*pьňù	*pь̀ňь
Locative	*pь̏ňi	*pьňù	*pьňĩxъ
Dative	*pь̏ňu	*pьňemà	*pьňèmъ
Instrumental	pь̏ňьmь, pь̏ňemь^*	*pьňemà	*pьňí
Vocative	*pьňu	*pь̏ňa	*pь̏ňi

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

Descendants

Church Slavonic: пьнь (pĭnĭ)

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: пьнь (pĭnĭ)
  - Belarusian: пень (pjenʹ)
  - Russian: пень (penʹ)
  - Ukrainian: пень (penʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Bulgarian: пън (pǎn)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: па̑њ
  Latin: pȃnj
- Slovene: pȃnj
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: peň
  - Czech: peň
    - Moravian (Mistřice): peň
- Kashubian: piéń
- Polish: pień
- Slovak: peň
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: pjeńk
  - Lower Sorbian: ṕeńk, ṕeń

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*pь̑nь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 427: “m. jo (c) ‘trunk’”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*pь̑nь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 427: “m. jo (c) ‘trunk’”