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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pečatь

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

Probably a contamination of an earlier *pečětь (“brand”), formed as *pekti (“to bake, to cook”) +‎ *-ětь, under the influence of an Oghur term (per BER) surviving as Chuvash пичет (pič̬et, “seal, cachet”).

Noun

pečàtь m[1][2][3]

  1. seal, stamp
    Synonym: *žigъ

Inflection

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Derived terms
  • *pečatati (“to print”)
  • *pečatьlěti (“to impress”)
    • *vъpečatьlenьje (“impression”)
    • *vъpečatьlitelьnъ (“impressive”)
  • *otъpečatьkъ (“imprint”)
  • *pečatьnъ (“printed”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: печать (pečatĭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: pečět
    • Kashubian: piéczec, piéczac (archaic or dialectal)
    • Polish: pieczęć f (with unexpected -ę-)
    • Slovak: реčať f
    • Sorbian:
      Upper Sorbian: рjеčаt

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “печать”, 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), “печа̀т”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 212

References
  1. Olander, Thomas (2001), “pečatь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 132)”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016), “pečȃt”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*peča̋tь”
  3. Varbot, Zh. Zh., editor (2021), “*pečatъ / *pečatь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 42 (*peča – *perzъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 21
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