Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/piskъ

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

Compare *piskati (“to squeak”)

Noun

*piskъ m

1. scream?, squeak?

Inflection

Declension of *piskъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*piskъ	*piska	*pisci
genitive	*piska	*pisku	*piskъ
dative	*pisku	*piskoma	*piskomъ
accusative	*piskъ	*piska	*pisky
instrumental	*piskъmь, *piskomь*	*piskoma	*pisky
locative	*piscě	*pisku	*piscěxъ
vocative	*pišče	*piska	*pisci

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: писк (pisk)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: пи́сък (písǎk)
  • Macedonian: писок (pisok)
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: pisk

Further reading

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