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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьstrъ

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

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.

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peyḱ-‎ (1 c, 0 e)

Derived terms

  • *pьstrǫgъ

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: пьстръ (pĭstrŭ)
      • Russian: пёстрый (pjóstryj)
      • Ukrainian: пе́стрий (péstryj)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: пьстрꙑ (pĭstry),
    • Bulgarian: пъ́стър (pǎ́stǎr)
    • Slovene: pẹ́stər (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

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, →ISSN, page 430:adj. o (b) ‘variegated’
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