Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pečenь

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

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- (“to bake”). Synchronically, either:

Further akin to Ancient Greek πέπων (pépōn, “riped”), Latin pepō (“watermelon”) (Greek borrowing).

Noun

*pečenь f

  1. roast
  2. liver

Declension

Declension of *pečenь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *pečenь *pečeni *pečeni
genitive *pečeni *pečenьju, *pečeňu* *pečenьjь, *pečeni*
dative *pečeni *pečenьma *pečenьmъ
accusative *pečenь *pečeni *pečeni
instrumental *pečenьjǫ, *pečeňǫ* *pečenьma *pečenьmi
locative *pečeni *pečenьju, *pečeňu* *pečenьxъ
vocative *pečeni *pečeni *pečeni

* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

  • *pečina (“roast”)
  • *pečivo (“baked good”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: печень (pečenĭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Slovene: pečȅn (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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