Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pěsnь

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 *pěti (“to sing”) +‎ *-snь.

Noun

*pěsnь f

1. song

Declension

Declension of *pěsnь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pěsnь	*pěsni	*pěsni
genitive	*pěsni	*pěsnьju, *pěsňu*	*pěsnьjь, *pěsni*
dative	*pěsni	*pěsnьma	*pěsnьmъ
accusative	*pěsnь	*pěsni	*pěsni
instrumental	*pěsnьjǫ, *pěsňǫ*	*pěsnьma	*pěsnьmi
locative	*pěsni	*pěsnьju, *pěsňu*	*pěsnьxъ
vocative	*pěsni	*pěsni	*pěsni

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: пѣснь (pěsnĭ)
    • Belarusian: пе́сня (pjésnja)
    • Russian: пе́сня (pésnja)
      • Russenorsk: pæsna
    • Carpathian Rusyn: пісня (pisnja)
    • Ukrainian: пі́сня (písnja)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: пѣснь (pěsnĭ)

    Glagolitic: ⱂⱑⱄⱀⱐ (pěsnĭ)

  • Bulgarian: песен (pesen)
  • Macedonian: песна (pesna)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пе̏сма/пје̏сма (< assimilated *pěsma), пјесн-ик/песн-ик

    Latin: pȅsma/pjȅsma/pisma (< assimilated *pěsma), pjȅsan, pjesn-ik/pesn-ik

  • Slovene: pẹ̑səm (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: piesn
    • Czech: píseň
  • Kashubian: piesniô
  • Polabian: pesĕn
  • Polish: pieśń
    • ⇒ Polish: piosnka, piosenka
  • Slovak: pieseň
  • Slovincian: pjêsnja
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: pěseń
    • Upper Sorbian: pěseń

References

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