Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pǫtь
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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-Balto-Slavic *pántis/*pintis, from Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s, from *pent-. Cognate with Old Prussian pintis (“way, road”).
Noun
*pǫ̃tь m[1]
Declension
Declension of *pǫ̃tь (i-stem, accent paradigm b)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *pǫ̃tь | *pǭtì | *pǫ̃tьjē, *pǫ̃ťē* |
| genitive | *pǫ̃ti | *pǫ̃tьju, *pǫťu* | *pǭtь̀jь, *pǫ̃ti* |
| dative | *pǭtì | *pǫ̃tьma | *pǭtь̀mъ |
| accusative | *pǫ̃tь | *pǭtì | *pǭtì |
| instrumental | *pǭtь̀mь | *pǫ̃tьma | *pǫ̃tьmī |
| locative | *pǫ̃ti | *pǫ̃tьju, *pǫťu* | *pǭtь̀xъ |
| vocative | *pǫti | *pǭtì | *pǫ̃tьjē, *pǫ̃ťē* |
* 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).
Derived terms
- *pǫtьnikъ (“traveler, passenger”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “путь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “путь”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 85
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pǫ́tь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 417