piątno

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Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pętьno. By surface analysis, pięta +‎ -no.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /pjɑ̃tnɔ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /pjɑ̃tnɔ/

Noun

piątno n

  1. (attested in Greater Poland) mark, stigma
    Synonyms: blizna, znamię
    • 1908 [c. 1500], Bolesław Erzepki, editor, Przyczynki do średniowiecznego słownictwa polskiego. I. Glosy polskie wpisane do łacińsko-niemieckiego słownika drukowanego w roku 1490‎, Lubiń, page 64:
      Stigma et est signum cicatricis, caracter, coctura, inustio, que fit calido ferro blyzną vel pyąthno
      [Stigma et est signum cicatricis, caracter, coctura, inustio, que fit calido ferro blizna vel piątno]
  2. (attested in Greater Poland) branding iron
    Synonym: żegadło
    • 1908 [c. 1500], Bolesław Erzepki, editor, Przyczynki do średniowiecznego słownictwa polskiego. I. Glosy polskie wpisane do łacińsko-niemieckiego słownika drukowanego w roku 1490‎, Lubiń, page 64:
      Cauterium, ein breneysen, pyathno vel zegądlo, ffumigale idem
      [Cauterium, ein breneysen, piątno vel żegadło, ffumigale idem]

Descendants

  • Polish: piętno

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