Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/peča

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

    Deverbal from *pek- (“to bake”) +‎ *-ja.

    Noun

    *peča f

    1. care, concern

    Declension

    Declension of *peča (soft a-stem)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *peča *peči *pečę̇
    genitive *pečę̇ *peču *pečь
    dative *peči *pečama *pečamъ
    accusative *pečǫ *peči *pečę̇
    instrumental *pečejǫ, *pečǫ** *pečama *pečami
    locative *peči *peču *pečasъ, *pečaxъ*
    vocative *peče *peči *pečę̇

    * -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:
      • Old East Slavic: печа (peča)
        • Belarusian: пе́ча (pjéča)
        • Russian: пе́ча (péča) (dialectal)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic: пе́ча (péča)
      • Serbo-Croatian: peča (rare, dialectal)
      • Slovene: péča
    • West Slavic:
      • Old Czech: péčě
      • Old Polish: piecza
      • Pomeranian:
        • Slovincian: p'eča
      • Old Slovak: péč, péča
      • Sorbian:
        • Upper Sorbian: pječa
        • Lower Sorbian: ṕeca

    Further reading

    • Varbot, Zh. Zh., editor (2021), “*peča”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 42 (*peča – *perzъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 16
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