Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьrtь

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 1

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *pirtis, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥tis, from *per- +‎ *-tis. Equivalent to *perti +‎ *-tь.

Cognate with Lithuanian pirtìs (: per̃ti, periù, periaũ), Latvian pìrts (: pḕrt, peru). Eastern Mari пӧрт (pört), Chuvash пӗрт (pĕrt) are borrowed from Baltic.

Noun

*pьrtь f

1. bathhouse

Inflection

Declension of *pьrtь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pьrtь	*pьrti	*pьrti
genitive	*pьrti	*pьrtьju, *pьrťu*	*pьrtьjь, *pьrti*
dative	*pьrti	*pьrtьma	*pьrtьmъ
accusative	*pьrtь	*pьrti	*pьrti
instrumental	*pьrtьjǫ, *pьrťǫ*	*pьrtьma	*pьrtьmi
locative	*pьrti	*pьrtьju, *pьrťu*	*pьrtьxъ
vocative	*pьrti	*pьrti	*pьrti

^* 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).

See also

• *baňa

Derived terms

• *papьrtь
• *pripьrtь

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: пьрть (pĭrtĭ)
    • Russian: перть (pertʹ)
      • → Livvi: perti
      • → Ludian: pert'
      • → Veps: pert'
    • → Finnish: pirtti
    • → Karelian: pirtti
    • → Ingrian: pertti

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

Action noun of *perti (“to propel, to oppose”), technically also from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥tis.

Noun

*pьrtь f

1. trail, corridor (for stock to follow)

Inflection

Declension of *pьrtь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pьrtь	*pьrti	*pьrti
genitive	*pьrti	*pьrtьju, *pьrťu*	*pьrtьjь, *pьrti*
dative	*pьrti	*pьrtьma	*pьrtьmъ
accusative	*pьrtь	*pьrti	*pьrti
instrumental	*pьrtьjǫ, *pьrťǫ*	*pьrtьma	*pьrtьmi
locative	*pьrti	*pьrtьju, *pьrťu*	*pьrtьxъ
vocative	*pьrti	*pьrti	*pьrti

^* 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).

See also

• *tropa

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: перть (pertʹ)
  • Ukrainian: перть (pertʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: пърти́на (pǎrtína)
  • Macedonian: прт (prt)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пр̑т

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: prt
  • Slovak: prť
  • Polish: perć, pierć

Further reading

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