Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/napьrstъkъ

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 *na (“on”) +‎ *pьrstъ (“finger”) +‎ *-ъkъ.

Noun

*napьrstъkъ m

thimble

Declension

Declension of *napьrstъkъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*napьrstъkъ	*napьrstъka	*napьrstъci
genitive	*napьrstъka	*napьrstъku	*napьrstъkъ
dative	*napьrstъku	*napьrstъkoma	*napьrstъkomъ
accusative	*napьrstъkъ	*napьrstъka	*napьrstъky
instrumental	napьrstъkъmь, napьrstъkomь^*	*napьrstъkoma	*napьrstъky
locative	*napьrstъcě	*napьrstъku	*napьrstъcěxъ
vocative	*napьrstъče	*napьrstъka	*napьrstъci

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: напёрсток (napjórstok)
- Carpathian Rusyn: наперсток (naperstok)
- Ukrainian: напе́рсток (napérstok)
South Slavic:
- ⇒ Bulgarian: на́пръстник (náprǎstnik)
- Macedonian: напрсток (naprstok)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: напрстак
  
  Latin script: naprstak
- ⇒ Slovene: napȓstnik (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: náprstek
  - Czech: náprstek
- Old Polish: naparstek
  - Polish: naparstek
    - → Belarusian: напа́рстак (napárstak)
  - Silesian: nŏpasztek
- Slovak: náprstok

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1995), “*napьrstъkъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 22 (*naděliti – *narodъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 236