Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьšenica

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 *pьšeno (“millet”) +‎ *-ica.

Noun

*pьšenìca f

1. wheat

Declension

Declension of *pьšenìca (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pьšenìca	*pьšenìci	*pьšenìcę̇
genitive	*pьšenìcę̇	*pьšenìcu	*pьšenìcь
dative	*pьšenìcī	*pьšenìcama	*pьšenìcāmъ
accusative	*pьšenìcǫ	*pьšenìci	*pьšenìcę̇
instrumental	*pьšenìcējǫ, *pьšenìcǭ*	*pьšenìcama	*pьšenìcāmī
locative	*pьšenìcī	*pьšenìcu	*pьšenìcāsъ
vocative	*pьšenìce	*pьšenìci	*pьšenìcę̇

^* 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: пьшеница (pĭšenica)
    • Belarusian: пшані́ца (pšaníca)
    • Russian: пшени́ца (pšeníca)
    • Ukrainian: пшени́ця (pšenýcja)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: пьшеница (pĭšenica)

    Glagolitic script: ⱂⱐⱎⰵⱀⰻⱌⰰ (pĭšenica)

  • Bulgarian: пшени́ца (pšeníca)
  • Macedonian: пченица (pčenica)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пшѐница

    Latin script: pšenica

  • Slovene: pšeníca (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: pšenicě
    • Czech: pšenice
  • Polabian: pasinaićă
  • Polish: pszenica
  • Kashubian: pszénica
  • Slovak: pšenica
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: pšeńca
    • Lower Sorbian: pšenica

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пшени́ца”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “пшані́ца”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “пшени́ця”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 647
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “пшеница”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 33