Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zapęstьje

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 *za +‎ *pęstь (“fist”) +‎ *-ьje.

Noun

*zapęstьje n

1. (anatomy) wrist
2. bracelet; jewelry on the wrist

Declension

Declension of *zapęstьje (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zapęstьje	*zapęstьji	*zapęstьja
genitive	*zapęstьja	*zapęstьju	*zapęstьjь
dative	*zapęstьju	*zapęstьjema	*zapęstьjemъ
accusative	*zapęstьje	*zapęstьji	*zapęstьja
instrumental	*zapęstьjьmь, *zapęstьjemь*	*zapęstьjema	*zapęstьji
locative	*zapęstьji	*zapęstьju	*zapęstьjixъ
vocative	*zapęstьje	*zapęstьji	*zapęstьja

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: запѧстьѥ (zapęstĭje), запѧстиѥ (zapęstije)
    • Old Ruthenian: запѧ́стье (zapjástʹje), запѧ́стїе (zapjástije), запѧ́стє (zapjástje), запѧ́сьтє (zapjásʹtje)
      • Belarusian: запя́сце (zapjáscje)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: за́пясть (zápjastʹ)
      • Ukrainian: зап'я́стя (zapʺjástja), за́пясть (zápjastʹ) (dialectal), зап'ясця́ (zapʺjascjá)
    • Middle Russian: запѧ́стье (zapjástʹje), запѧ́стие (zapjástije)
      • Russian: запя́стье (zapjástʹje)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: за̀пе̄шће n, за̀пе̄шћај m

    Latin script: zàpēšće n, zàpēšćaj m

  • Slovene: zapẹ̑stje (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: zápěstí
  • Slovak: zápästie
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: zapjasćo

Further reading

• Shansky, N. M., editor (1968), “запя́стье”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 3 (В), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 58
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “запя́стье”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 316
• Krylov, G. A. (2004) “запястье”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN, page 145
• Semjonov, A. V. (2003) “запястье”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (Русский язык от А до Я) (in Russian), Moscow: Junves, →ISBN