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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьstrъ

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 earlier *pьsrъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *piś-ras, from Proto-Indo-European *piḱ-rós, from the root *peyḱ- (to mark, paint). Morphologically *pьsati + *-rъ.

Direct cognate is Ancient Greek πικρός (pikrós, sharp, pointed). Semantically close to Ancient Greek ποικίλος (poikílos), Proto-Germanic *faihaz.

Adjective

*pь̀strъ [1]

  1. variegated

Inflection

Accent paradigm b.

<a href='/wiki/Category:Proto-Slavic_terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*pey%E1%B8%B1-' title='Category:Proto-Slavic terms derived from the PIE root *peyḱ-'>Proto-Slavic terms derived from the PIE root *peyḱ-</a>‎ (0 c, 3 e)
  <a href='/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pis%D1%8Cmo' title='Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pisьmo'>Proto-Slavic/pisьmo</a>
  <a href='/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/p%D1%8Csati' title='Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьsati'>Proto-Slavic/pьsati</a>
  <a href='/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/p%D1%8Cstr%D1%8A' title='Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьstrъ'>Proto-Slavic/pьstrъ</a>

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: пьстръ (pĭstrŭ)
      • Russian: пёстрый (pjóstryj)
      • Ukrainian: пістри́й (pistrýj)
  • Non-Slavic:
    • Romanian: pestriț

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*pь̀strъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 430: “adj. o (b) ‘variegated’”
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