Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/pīˀsdāˀ

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Alternative forms

  • *peisdāˀ

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *písdeh₂ (“vulva”), from *h₁epi (“upon, by”) + *sed- (“to sit”), i.e. originally an euphemism meaning "what one sits on".

Noun

*pīˀsdāˀ f[1]

  1. vulva
  2. buttocks

Inflection

Declension of *pīˀsdāˀ (ā-stem, unknown accent)
singular dual plural
nominative *pīˀsdāˀ *pīˀsdāiˀ *pīˀsdās
accusative *pīˀsdā(ˀ)n *pīˀsdāiˀ *pīˀsdā(ˀ)ns
genitive *pīˀsdā(ˀ)s *pīˀsdāu(ˀ) *pīˀsdōn
locative *pīˀsdāiˀ *pīˀsdāu(ˀ) *pīˀsdā(ˀ)su
dative *pīˀsdāi *pīˀsdā(ˀ)mā(ˀ) *pīˀsdā(ˀ)mas
instrumental *pīˀsdāˀn *pīˀsdā(ˀ)māˀ *pīˀsdā(ˀ)mīˀs
vocative *pīˀsda *pīˀsdāiˀ *pīˀsdās

Descendants

  • East Baltic:
  • West Baltic:
    • Old Prussian: peisda, pisda (“ass”)
  • Proto-Slavic: *pizdà (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ BSW, page 211: “peizdā-”

Further reading

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