Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pěxota

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 *pěxъ +‎ *-ota, the first element being derived from Proto-Indo-European *pēd-, a variant of *ped-.

Noun

*pěxota f

  1. infantry

Declension

Declension of *pěxota (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *pěxota *pěxotě *pěxoty
genitive *pěxoty *pěxotu *pěxotъ
dative *pěxotě *pěxotama *pěxotamъ
accusative *pěxotǫ *pěxotě *pěxoty
instrumental *pěxotojǫ, *pěxotǫ** *pěxotama *pěxotami
locative *pěxotě *pěxotu *pěxotasъ, *pěxotaxъ*
vocative *pěxoto *pěxotě *pěxoty

* -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:
    • Belarusian: пяхо́та (pjaxóta)
    • Russian: пехо́та (pexóta)
    • Ukrainian: піхо́та (pixóta)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References

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