Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zapęstьje

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 *za +‎ *pęstь (“fist”) +‎ *-ьje.^[1]^[2]

Noun

*zapęstьje n^[1]

(anatomy) wrist
bracelet; jewelry on the wrist

Declension

Declension of *zapęstьje (soft o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zapęstьje	*zapęstьji	*zapęstьja
genitive	*zapęstьja	*zapęstьju	*zapęstьjь
dative	*zapęstьju	*zapęstьjema	*zapęstьjemъ
accusative	*zapęstьje	*zapęstьji	*zapęstьja
instrumental	zapęstьjьmь, zapęstьjemь^*	*zapęstьjema	*zapęstьji
locative	*zapęstьji	*zapęstьju	*zapęstьjixъ
vocative	*zapęstьje	*zapęstьji	*zapęstьja

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: запѧстьѥ (zapęstĭje), запѧстиѥ (zapęstije)
  - Old Ruthenian: запѧ́стье (zapjástʹje), запѧ́стїе (zapjástje), запѧ́стє (zapjástje), запѧ́сьтє (zapjásʹtje)
    - Belarusian: запя́сце (zapjáscje)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: за́пясть (zápjastʹ)
    - Ukrainian: зап'я́стя (zapʺjástja), за́пясть (zápjastʹ) (dialectal), зап'ясця́ (zapʺjascjá)
  - Middle Russian: запѧ́стье (zapjástʹje), запѧ́стие (zapjástije)
    - Russian: запя́стье (zapjástʹje)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: за̀пе̄шће n, за̀пе̄шћај m
  
  Latin script: zàpēšće n, zàpēšćaj m
- Slovene: zapẹ̑stje (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: zápěstí
- Slovak: zápästie
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: zapjasćo

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “запястье”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1: (А – Начальство), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 304: “*запęстьйе ― *zapęstʹjje”
^ Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “пя́сть”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 345: “прист. за- и суф. -j- (-uj-e) ― prist. za- i suf. -j- (-uj-e)”

Shansky, N. M., editor (1968), “запя́стье”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 3 (В), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 58
Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “запя́стье”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 316
Krylov, G. A. (2004) “запястье”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN, page 145
Semjonov, A. V. (2003) “запястье”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (Русский язык от А до Я) (in Russian), Moscow: Junves, →ISBN

[Shaposhnikov-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “запястье”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1: (А – Начальство), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 304: “*запęстьйе ― *zapęstʹjje”

[2] Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “пя́сть”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 345: “прист. за- и суф. -j- (-uj-e) ― prist. za- i suf. -j- (-uj-e)”

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