Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pepelъ

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 Proto-Indo-European *pepelh₁-o-. Cognate with Lithuanian pelenaĩ (“ashes”), plė́nis (“speck, fine ashes”), Latvian plẽne (“white ashes on coals”) and Old Prussian pelanne (“ashes”).

Noun

*pȅpelъ m [1]

ash, ashes

Inflection

Declension of *pȅpelъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*pȅpelъ	*pȅpela	*pȅpeli
Accusative	*pȅpelъ	*pȅpela	*pȅpely
Genitive	*pȅpela	*pepelù	*pepèlъ
Locative	*pȅpelě	*pepelù	*pepelě̃xъ
Dative	*pȅpelu	*pepelomà	*pepelòmъ
Instrumental	pȅpelъmь, pȅpelomь^*	*pepelomà	*pepelý
Vocative	*pepele	*pȅpela	*pȅpeli

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Alternative forms

*pȍpelъ

Related terms

*pālìti
*polěti
*pòlmy

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: по́пел (pópjel)
- Russian: пе́пел (pépel)
- Ukrainian: по́піл (pópil)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: —
  
  Glagolitic: —
- Bulgarian: пе́пел (pépel)
- Macedonian: пепел (pepel)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: пе̏пео, по̏пел
  
  Roman: pȅpeo, pȍpel
- Slovene: pepẹ̑ł (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: popel
- Polish: popiół
- Slovak: popel
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: popjeł
  - Lower Sorbian: popjeł

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*pȅpelъ; *pȍpelъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 395: “m. o (c) ‘ashes’”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*pȅpelъ; *pȍpelъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 395: “m. o (c) ‘ashes’”