Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pręďa

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 *pręsti +‎ *-ja.

Noun

*pręďa f

yarn (fiber)

Inflection

Declension of *pręďa (soft a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pręďa	*pręďi	*pręďę̇
genitive	*pręďę̇	*pręďu	*pręďь
dative	*pręďi	*pręďama	*pręďamъ
accusative	*pręďǫ	*pręďi	*pręďę̇
instrumental	pręďejǫ, pręďǫ^**	*pręďama	*pręďami
locative	*pręďi	*pręďu	pręďasъ, pręďaxъ^*
vocative	*pręďe	*pręďi	*pręďę̇

^* -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

Church Slavonic: прѧжда (pręžda)

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: пра́жа (práža)
- Russian: пря́жа (prjáža)
- Ukrainian: пря́жа (prjáža)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: пре́жда (préžda)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: пре̏ћа, пре̏ја
- Slovene: prêja
West Slavic:
- Czech: příze
- Polish: przędza
- Slovak: priadza
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: přaza
  - Lower Sorbian: pśěza

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пряжа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “прясть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 79