Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pepelъ

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-Indo-European *pepelh₁-o-, from a reduplicative of *pelh₁- (“to stroke, pound”). Cognate with Lithuanian pelenai̇̃ (“ashes”), plė́nis (“speck, fine ashes”), Latvian plẽne (“white ashes on coals”) and Old Prussian pelanne (“ashes”). See *paliti (“to burn”) for further potential cognates.[1]

Noun

*pȅpelъ m[1]

  1. ash, ashes

Inflection

Declension of *pȅpelъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *pȅpelъ *pȅpela *pȅpeli
genitive *pȅpela *pepelù *pepèlъ
dative *pȅpelu *pepelomà *pepelòmъ
accusative *pȅpelъ *pȅpela *pȅpely
instrumental *pȅpelъmь, *pȅpelomь* *pepelomà *pepelý
locative *pȅpelě *pepelù *pepelě̃xъ
vocative *pepele *pȅpela *pȅpeli

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

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: по́пел (pópjel)
    • Russian: пе́пел (pépel)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: попіль (popilʹ)
    • Ukrainian: по́піл (pópil)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: Old Church Slavonic: пепелъ (pepelŭ), Old Church Slavonic: попелъ (popelŭ)
      Glagolitic: Old Church Slavonic: ⱂⰵⱂⰵⰾⱏ (pepelŭ), Old Church Slavonic: ⱂⱁⱂⰵⰾⱏ (popelŭ)
    • Bulgarian: пе́пел (pépel)
    • Macedonian: пепел (pepel)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: пе̏пео, по̏пел
      Roman: pȅpeo, pȍpel
    • Slovene: pepẹ̑ł (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pȅpelъ; *pȍpelъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 395: “m. o (c) ‘ashes’”
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