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

1. 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 (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “прясть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 79