Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pęta

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“path; to walk”)

Noun

*pęta n

heel

Related terms

*pǫtь (“path”)
*pǫtъkъ (“sandal, slipper”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- ⇒ Belarusian: пя́тка (pjátka)
- Russian: пята́ (pjatá), пя́тка (pjátka)
- Ukrainian: п'ята́ (pʺjatá), п'я́тка (pʺjátka)

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: пѧта (pęta)
- Bulgarian: пета́ (petá)
- Macedonian: пета (peta), петица (petica)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: пе́та, пе́тица
  
  Latin: péta, pética
- Slovene: pêta

West Slavic:
- Czech: pata
- Polabian: p’ǫta
- Polish: pięta
- Slovak: päta
- Sorbian:
  Lower Sorbian: pěta
  
  Upper Sorbian: pjata

References

Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “пята”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

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