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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pěga

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

From Proto-Indo-European *poig-.

Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit पिङ्गल (piṅgala, reddish brown, reddish yellow, greenish yellow), Latin pingō (I paint).

Noun

*pě̀ga f [1]

  1. freckle

Inflection

Alternative forms

  • *pě̀gъ
  • *pěgavъ

Descendants

  • East Slavic: —
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: pieha
    • Polish: piega f, pieg m
    • Slovak: peha
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: piha
      • Lower Sorbian: pěga

Further reading

  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), пегий”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
  • Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), пегий”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 16

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*pěga; *pěgъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 397: “f. ā; m. o (a) ‘freckle’”
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