Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьšeno

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 *pišena, from Proto-Indo-European *pis- + *-eno, from *peys- (“to grind, to crush”), due to millet being obtained by crushing.

Noun

*pьšenò n

1. millet

Declension

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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pьšenò	*pьšèně	*pьšenà
genitive	*pьšenà	*pьšenù	*pьšènъ
dative	*pьšenù	*pьšenòma	*pьšenòmъ
accusative	*pьšenò	*pьšèně	*pьšenà
instrumental	*pьšenъ̀mь, *pьšenòmь*	*pьšenòma	*pьšèny
locative	*pьšeně̀	*pьšenù	*pьšèněxъ
vocative	*pьšenò	*pьšèně	*pьšenà

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

Derived terms

• *pьšenìca f (“wheat”)

 

Related terms

• *pě̃stъ m (“pestle”)
• *pьxàti (“to push, to shove”)

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: пьшено (pĭšeno)
    • Belarusian: пшано́ (pšanó)
    • Russian: пшено́ (pšenó)
      • → Kildin Sami: ше̄ннҍ (šienn’)
    • Ukrainian: пшоно́ (pšonó)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: пьшено (pĭšeno)

    Glagolitic script: ⱂⱐⱎⰵⱀⱁ (pĭšeno)

  • Serbo-Croatian: pšéna (archaic)
  • Slovene: pšéno (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: pšeno
    • Czech: (dialectal) pšeno
  • Polish: pszono
  • Slovak: pšeno

Further reading

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pьšenò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 431
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “пшено́”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 86
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пшени́ца”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “пшано́”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “пшоно́”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 648
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “пшена”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 32