Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pěsъkъ

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

Possibly cognate with Proto-Indo-Iranian *pānsúš (dust). According to Vasmer, related to Armenian փոշի (pʻoši, dust).

Noun

*pě̄sъ̀kъ m[1][2]

  1. sand

Inflection

Declension of *pě̄sъ̀kъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *pě̄sъ̀kъ *pě̄sъkà *pě̄sъcì
genitive *pě̄sъkà *pě̄sъkù *pě̄sъ̀kъ
dative *pě̄sъkù *pě̄sъkòma *pě̄sъkòmъ
accusative *pě̄sъ̀kъ *pě̄sъkà *pě̄sъkỳ
instrumental *pě̄sъkъ̀mь, *pě̄sъkòmь* *pě̄sъkòma *pě̄sъ̀ky
locative *pě̄sъcě̀ *pě̄sъkù *pě̄sъ̀cěxъ
vocative *pěsъče *pě̄sъkà *pě̄sъcì

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

Descendants

Further reading

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

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pě̄sъ̀kъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 398:m. o (b) ‘sand’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “pěsъkъ pěsъka”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b (SA 138, 188; PR 134)