Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pěti

Etymology
From. The alternating Proto-Slavic stems and  are regular outcomes of the original Proto-Balto-Slavic  before consonants and vowels respectively.
 * Per Derksen, from, from the root . Cognate with 🇨🇬.
 * Per Vasmer, connections outside of Slavic are unreliable. Possibly connected with 🇨🇬,, Ionic ; sometimes also compared with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.
 * Per Trubachev, possibly originating as a causative of, with the semantic change drink > sing going back to the pagan rite of sacrificial libation.
 * A derivation from is also possible despite lacking direct semantic basis. If so, cognates include  🇨🇬 and  🇨🇬

Verb

 * 1) to sing

Derived terms

 * (“to squeak, to whistle”)
 * (“to scream”)
 * (“to squeak, to whistle”)
 * (“to scream”)
 * (“to squeak, to whistle”)
 * (“to scream”)
 * (“to scream”)
 * (“to scream”)

Descendants

 * East Slavic:
 * South Slavic:
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 * West Slavic:
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 * West Slavic:
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