Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/napьrstъkъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *na (“on”) +‎ *pьrstъ (“finger”) +‎ *-ъkъ.

Noun

*napьrstъkъ m

thimble

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: напёрсток (napjórstok)
- Ukrainian: напе́рсток (napérstok)

South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: [Term?] (напръстник (naprǎstnik) secondary)
- Macedonian: напрсток (naprstok)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: напрстак
  
  Latin: naprstak
- Slovene: [Term?] (naprstnik secondary)

West Slavic:
- Czech: náprstek
- Polish: naparstek
  - → Belarusian: напа́рстак (napárstak)
- Slovak: náprstok

References

Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1995), “*napьrstъkъ”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 22, Moscow: Nauka, page 236

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