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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *paista, from Proto-Indo-European *poys-to-m, from *peys- (“to crush, grind”).
Noun
*pěstъ m
- pestle
Declension
Declension of
*pě̃stъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pě́stь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 397
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пест”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress