Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pečivo

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

Product/instrumental noun of *pekti (“to bake”) +‎ *-ivo.

Noun

*pečìvo n

1. baked good (e.g. bread, bun, cookies, pastry)

   Synonyms: *pirogъ, *pogača, *pita, *xlěbъ, *gъbanica

Inflection

Declension of *pečivo (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pečivo	*pečivě	*pečiva
genitive	*pečiva	*pečivu	*pečivъ
dative	*pečivu	*pečivoma	*pečivomъ
accusative	*pečivo	*pečivě	*pečiva
instrumental	*pečivъmь, *pečivomь*	*pečivoma	*pečivy
locative	*pečivě	*pečivu	*pečivěxъ
vocative	*pečivo	*pečivě	*pečiva

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

Related terms

• *pečenь (“baking”)
• *pečenьka (“baked good”)
• *pekařь (“baker”)
  • *pekařьňa (“bakery”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: пе́чыва (pjéčyva)
  • Ukrainian: пе́чиво (péčyvo)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: печи́во (pečívo), пе́чиво (péčivo)
  • Macedonian: печиво (pečivo)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пе̏цӣво

    Latin script: pȅcīvo

  • Slovene: pecívo
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: pečivo
  • Polish: pieczywo
  • Old Slovak: pečivo
    • Pannonian Rusyn: печиво (pečivo)
    • Slovak: pečivo
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: pječwo