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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pěsъkъ

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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

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Etymology

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Possibly cognate with Proto-Indo-Iranian *pānsúš (dust). According to Vasmer, related to Armenian փոշի (pʻoši, dust).

Noun

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*pě̄sъ̀kъ m[1][2]

  1. sand

Inflection

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “песо́к”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pě̄sъ̀kъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 398:m. o (b) ‘sand’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “pěsъkъ pěsъka”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b (SA 138, 188; PR 134)