Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pěsnь

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 *pěti (“to sing”) +‎ *-snь.

Noun

*pěsnь f

song

Declension

Declension of *pěsnь (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*pěsnь	*pěsni	*pěsni
Accusative	*pěsnь	*pěsni	*pěsni
Genitive	*pěsni	pěsnьju, pěsňu^*	pěsnьjь, pěsni^*
Locative	*pěsni	pěsnьju, pěsňu^*	*pěsnьxъ
Dative	*pěsni	*pěsnьma	*pěsnьmъ
Instrumental	pěsnьjǫ, pěsňǫ^*	*pěsnьma	*pěsnьmi
Vocative	*pěsni	*pěsni	*pěsni

^* 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: пѣснь (pěsnĭ)
  - Belarusian: песня (pjesnja)
  - Russian: песня (pesnja)
  - Rusyn: пісня (pisnja)
  - Ukrainian: пісня (pisnja)

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: пѣснь (pěsnĭ)
  
  Glagolitic: ⱂⱑⱄⱀⱐ (pěsnĭ)
- Bulgarian: песен (pesen)
- Macedonian: песна (pesna)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: пе̏сма/пје̏сма (< assimilated *pěsma), пјесн-ик/песн-ик
  
  Latin: pȅsma/pjȅsma/pisma (< assimilated *pěsma), pjȅsan, pjesn-ik/pesn-ik
- Slovene: pẹ̑səm (tonal orthography)

West Slavic:
- Czech: píseň
- Kashubian: piesniô
- Polish: pieśń, piosenka
- Slovak: pieseň
- Slovincian: pjìe̯sńă
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: pěseń
  - Upper Sorbian: pěseń

References

Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “песня”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress

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