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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *pěti (“to sing”) + *-snь.
Noun
*pěsnь f
- song
Declension
* 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:
- Old East Slavic: пѣснь (pěsnĭ)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “песня”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress