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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pęta

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

Pre-Slavic *pintā stems from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pentà, probably from *pęti (“to stretch”) +‎ *-ta, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁- (“to span, to spin”). Akin to Lithuanian péntis (“heel, spur”), Old Prussian pentis (“spur”), Latvian piête (i-stems).

Noun

*pętà f[1][2][3]

  1. heel

Declension

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  • *pęti (“to stretch”)
  • *pǫtь (“path”)
  • *pǫtъkъ (“sandal, slipper”)

Descendants

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “пята”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Duridanov, I. V.; Racheva, M.; Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пета”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 191
  • Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*pętà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 399: “f. ā (c) ‘heel’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “pęta pęty”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c hæl (PR 138)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016), “péta”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*pęta̋”
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