Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pěšьka

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

Derived from *pěšь (“pedestrian, on foot”).

Noun

*pěšьka f

  1. pawn

Declension

Declension of *pěšьka (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *pěšьka *pěšьcě *pěšьky
genitive *pěšьky *pěšьku *pěšьkъ
dative *pěšьcě *pěšьkama *pěšьkamъ
accusative *pěšьkǫ *pěšьcě *pěšьky
instrumental *pěšьkojǫ, *pěšьkǫ** *pěšьkama *pěšьkami
locative *pěšьcě *pěšьku *pěšьkasъ, *pěšьkaxъ*
vocative *pěšьko *pěšьcě *pěšьky

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old Ruthenian: пѣ́шка (pě́ška)
      • Ukrainian: пі́шка (píška)
    • Russian: пе́шка (péška)
      • → Kazakh: пешка (peşka)
      • → Yakut: биэскэ (bieske)
  • South Slavic:

Further reading

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