Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьsъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Unknown. There are several proposals:

Connection of the stem *pьs- with the root of *pьstrъ (“variegated”), and thus ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *piḱ- (whence also Sanskrit पिशङ्ग (piśáṅga, “reddish, tawny”), पिश (piśá, “a sort of deer”)), the zero-grade of *peyḱ- (“to paint, mark”) (whence *pьsati (“to write”)). Thus the semantic shift occurred "spotted" > "dog" (perhaps compare Spot (“stereotypical English canine pet's name”)).
Proto-Indo-European *pḱ-o-, the zero-grade of the root *speḱ- (“to see, watch”) (by Meillet).
Proto-Indo-European *pḱ-u-; compare Sanskrit पशु (páśu, “cattle”).

Noun

*pь̀sъ m[1]

dog
Synonym: *cucьkъ

Declension

Declension of *pь̀sъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pь̀sъ	*pьsà	*pьsì
genitive	*pьsà	*pьsù	*pь̀sъ
dative	*pьsù	*pьsòma	*pьsòmъ
accusative	*pь̀sъ	*pьsà	*pьsỳ
instrumental	pьsъ̀mь, pьsòmь^*	*pьsòma	*pь̀sy
locative	*pьsě̀	*pьsù	*pь̀sěxъ
vocative	*pьse	*pьsà	*pьsì

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

Derived terms

*pьsьjь (“doggy, canine”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: пьсъ (pĭsŭ), песъ (pesŭ)
  - Belarusian: пёс (pjos)
  - Russian: пёс (pjos)
  - Carpathian Rusyn: пес (pes)
  - Ukrainian: пес (pes)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: пьсъ (pĭsŭ)
  
  Glagolitic: ⱂⱐⱄⱏ (pĭsŭ)
- Bulgarian: пес (pes)
- Macedonian: пес (pes)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: па̏с
  
  Latin script: pȁs
- Slovene: pə̏s (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: pes
  - Czech: pes
- Old Polish: pies
  - Masurian: psies
  - Polish: pies
  - Silesian: pies
- Old Slovak: pes
  - Pannonian Rusyn: пес (pes)
  - Slovak: pes
- Polabian: ṕås
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: pies
  - Slovincian: pjês
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: pjas
  - Upper Sorbian: pos

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pь̀sъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 431

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pь̀sъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 431