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Connection of the stem *pьs- with the root of *pьstrъ(“variegated”), and thus ultimately from Proto-Indo-European*piḱ- (whence also Sanskritपिशङ्ग(piśáṅga, “reddish, tawny”), पिश(piśá, “a sort of deer”)), the zero-grade of *peyḱ-(“to paint, mark”) (whence *pьsati(“to write”)). Thus the semantic shift occurred "spotted" > "dog" (perhaps compare Spot(“stereotypical English canine pet's name”)).
Gluhak, Alemko (1993) “Proto-Slavic/pьsъ”, in Hrvatski etimološki rječnik [Croatian Etymology Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: August Cesarec, →ISBN, page 468
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пес”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pь̀sъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 431