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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pěga

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-Indo-European *poyg-.

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: —
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: pieha
      • Czech: piha
        • Bohemian (Chod dialect): píje
    • Polish: piega f, pieg m
    • Slovak: peha
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: piha
      • Lower Sorbian: pěga

Further reading

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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