Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьrstъ

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьrstь

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *píršta.

Noun

*pь̃rstъ m

1. finger

Inflection

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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pь̃rstъ	*pьrstà	*pьrstì
genitive	*pьrstà	*pьrstù	*pь̃rstъ
dative	*pьrstù	*pьrstòma	*pьrstòmъ
accusative	*pь̃rstъ	*pьrstà	*pьrstỳ
instrumental	*pьrstъ̀mь, *pьrstòmь*	*pьrstòma	*pь̃rsty
locative	*pьrstě̀	*pьrstù	*pь̃rstěxъ
vocative	*pьrste	*pьrstà	*pьrstì

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

Derived terms

• *napьrstъkъ, *napьrstъnikъ (“thimble”)
• *pьrsty (“finger ring; ring”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: пьрстъ (pĭrstŭ)
    • Russian: перст (perst)
    • Ukrainian: перст (perst)
  • Old Novgorodian: пьрьсте (pĭrĭste)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: прьстъ (prĭstŭ)

    Glagolitic: ⱂⱃⱐⱄⱅⱏ (prĭstŭ)

  • Bulgarian: пръ́ст (prǎ́st)
  • Macedonian: прст (prst)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пр̏ст

    Latin script: pȑst

  • Slovene: pȓst (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: prst
    • Czech: prst
  • Polish: parst
  • Slovak: prst
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: porst

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “перст”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress