Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьrstъ

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьrstь

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *píršta.

Noun

*pь̃rstъ m^[1]^[2]

finger

Inflection

Declension of *pь̃rstъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pь̃rstъ	*pьrstà	*pьrstì
genitive	*pьrstà	*pьrstù	*pь̃rstъ
dative	*pьrstù	*pьrstòma	*pьrstòmъ
accusative	*pь̃rstъ	*pьrstà	*pьrstỳ
instrumental	pьrstъ̀mь, pьrstòmь^*	*pьrstòma	*pь̃rsty
locative	*pьrstě̀	*pьrstù	*pь̃rstěxъ
vocative	*pьrste	*pьrstà	*pьrstì

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

Derived terms

*napьrstъkъ, *napьrstъnikъ (“thimble”)
*pьrsty (“finger ring; ring”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: пьрстъ (pĭrstŭ)
  - Russian: перст (perst)
  - Ukrainian: перст (perst)
- Old Novgorodian: пьрьсте (pĭrĭste)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: прьстъ (prĭstŭ)
  
  Glagolitic: ⱂⱃⱐⱄⱅⱏ (prĭstŭ)
- Bulgarian: пръ́ст (prǎ́st)
- Macedonian: прст (prst)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: пр̏ст
  
  Latin script: pȑst
- Slovene: pȓst (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: prst
  - Czech: prst
- Polish: parst
- Slovak: prst
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: porst
  - Lower Sorbian: purst

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pь̀rstъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 428: “m. o (b) ‘finger’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “pьrstъ pьrsta”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b finger (NA 111f., 142; SA 20)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pь̀rstъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 428: “m. o (b) ‘finger’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “pьrstъ pьrsta”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b finger (NA 111f., 142; SA 20)”

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