Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pǫto

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *pánˀta, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ponh₁-to-m, from *(s)penh₁- (“to twist, weave”). Cognate with Lithuanian pántis (“horse-lock”), Old Prussian panto (“fetter”), Old Armenian հանում (hanum, “to weave, sow together”).

Noun

*pǫ̀to n

fetter

Inflection

Declension of *pǫto (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pǫto	*pǫ̀tě	*pǫ̀ta
genitive	*pǫ̀ta	*pǫ̀tu	*pǫ̀tъ
dative	*pǫ̀tu	*pǫ̀toma	*pǫ̀tomъ
accusative	*pǫto	*pǫ̀tě	*pǫ̀ta
instrumental	pǫ̀tъmь, pǫ̀tomь^*	*pǫ̀toma	*pǫ̀tȳ
locative	*pǫ̀tě	*pǫ̀tu	*pǫ̀tě̄xъ
vocative	*pǫto	*pǫ̀tě	*pǫ̀ta

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: пу́та (púta)
- Russian: пу́ты (púty) (plurale tantum)
- Ukrainian: пу́то (púto)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: пѫто (pǫto)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: пу̏то
  
  Latin script: pȕto
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: púto
  - Czech: pouto
- Polish: pęto
- Slovak: puto
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: pyto

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) “pǫ̀to”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 417
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “путо”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress