Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pilę

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

Onomatopoeic, from the nestling call *pi-pi + *-lę. Likely of Proto-Balto-Slavic origin, akin to Latvian pīle (“duck”), Lithuanian pỹlė (“duck”).

Compare also Proto-Slavic *pisklę (whence Polish pisklę) = *piskati (“to shriek”) +‎ *-lę.

Noun

*pilę n

  1. chick, duckling, nestling (young bird)

Alternative forms

  • *pylę

Declension

Declension of *pilę (nt-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *pilę *pilęti *pilęta
genitive *pilęte *pilętu *pilętъ
dative *pilęti *pilętьma *pilętьmъ
accusative *pilę *pilęti *pilęta
instrumental *pilętьmь *pilętьma *pilęty
locative *pilęte *pilętu *pilętьxъ
vocative *pilę *pilęti *pilęta

Derived terms

  • *piľukъ, *piľakъ (“bird of prey”) (literally: “chickener”)
  • *pilica, *pilьcь, *piliťь (diminutives)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: пыля-пыля (pylja-pylja) (command for calling birds)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Polabian: pailă (“duck”)
    • Polish: pylę
    • Slovincian: pjilã
    • Sorbian:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пы́ля”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пиле”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 235
  • “pylė”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
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