Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pečenьka
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
By surface analysis, *pečenь + *-ьka.
Noun
*pečenьka f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *pečenьka | *pečenьcě | *pečenьky |
| genitive | *pečenьky | *pečenьku | *pečenьkъ |
| dative | *pečenьcě | *pečenьkama | *pečenьkamъ |
| accusative | *pečenьkǫ | *pečenьcě | *pečenьky |
| instrumental | *pečenьkojǫ, *pečenьkǫ** | *pečenьkama | *pečenьkami |
| locative | *pečenьcě | *pečenьku | *pečenьkasъ, *pečenьkaxъ* |
| vocative | *pečenьko | *pečenьcě | *pečenьky |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: пече́нка (pečénka)
- Slovene: pečénka (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: pečenka
- Silesian: pieczōnka
Further reading
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “печінка”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka