Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьsъ

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.

Unknown. There are several proposals:

• Connection of the stem *pьs- with the root of *pьstrъ (“variegated”), and thus ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *piḱ- (whence also Sanskrit पिशङ्ग (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”)).
• Proto-Indo-European *pḱ-o-, the zero-grade of the root *speḱ- (“to see, watch”) (by Meillet).
• Proto-Indo-European *pḱ-u-, the zero-grade of *péḱu (“livestock”); compare Sanskrit पशु (páśu, “cattle”).

*pь̀sъ m

1. dog

   Synonym: *cucьkъ

• *pьsьcь (“puppy”)
• *pьsь (“doggy, canine”)
• *pьsovati

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: пьсъ (pĭsŭ), песъ (pesŭ)
    • Belarusian: пёс (pjos)
    • Russian: пёс (pjos)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: пес (pes)
    • Ukrainian: пес (pes)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: пьсъ (pĭsŭ)

    Glagolitic: ⱂⱐⱄⱏ (pĭsŭ)

  • Bulgarian: пес (pes)
  • Macedonian: пес (pes)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: па̏с

    Latin script: pȁs

  • Slovene: pə̏s (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: pes
    • Czech: pes
  • Old Polish: pies
    • Polish: pies
    • Silesian: pies
  • Old Slovak: pes
    • Pannonian Rusyn: пес (pes)
    • Slovak: pes
  • Polabian: ṕås
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: pies
    • Slovincian: pjês
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: pjas
    • Upper Sorbian: pos

• Gluhak, Alemko (1993) “Proto-Slavic/pьsъ”, in Hrvatski etimološki rječnik (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: August Cesarec, →ISBN, page 468
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пес”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress