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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- (“to bake”). Synchronically, either:
Further akin to Ancient Greek πέπων (pépōn, “riped”), Latin pepō (“watermelon”) (Greek borrowing).
Noun
*pečenь f
- roast
- liver
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).
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: печень (pečenĭ)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “печень”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress