Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pęti

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 Pre-slavic *péntei (pin-), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pínˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁-.

Verb

*pęti

1. to stretch
2. to tie, fix together

Inflection

Conjugation of *pęti, *pę, *pьnetь (?, -V/C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*pętьje	*pęti	*pętъ	*pęlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*pętъ	*pьnomъ
Active	*pьnъ	*pьny

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pęsъ	*pę	*pę	*pьnǫ	*pьneši	*pьnetь
Dual	*pęsově	*pęsta	*pęste	*pьnevě	*pьneta	*pьnete
Plural	*pęsomъ	*pęste	*pęsę	*pьnemъ	*pьnete	*pьnǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*pьněaxъ	*pьněaše	*pьněaše	—	*pьni	*pьni
Dual	*pьněaxově	*pьněašeta	*pьněašete	*pьněvě	*pьněta	—
Plural	*pьněaxomъ	*pьněašete	*pьněaxǫ	*pьněmъ	*pьněte	—

Related terms

• (possibly) *pętà (“heel”)
• (possibly) *pǫ̀to (“fetter”)
• (possibly) *pьňь (“trunk of a tree, stump”)

Derived terms

• *sъpęti (“to tie, fix together”)
• *pędlo (“loom”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: пѧти (pęti)
    • Belarusian: пяць (pjacʹ)
    • Russian: пять (pjatʹ) (obsolete), -пять (-pjatʹ)
    • Ukrainian: п'я́сти (pʺjásty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: пѧти (pęti)

    Glagolitic: ⱂⱔⱅⰻ (pęti)

  • Bulgarian: пъ́на (pǎ́na)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пе́ти

    Latin script: péti

• West Slavic:
  • Kashubian: pic
  • Old Czech: pieti
    • Czech: pnout
  • Old Polish: piąć
    • Polish: piąć
    • Silesian: pnōńć, pnyć
  • Slovak: pnúť
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: pjeć
    • Lower Sorbian: pjeś

Further reading

• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “пина́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 33
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пну”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress