Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pivьnica

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 *pivьnъ +‎ *-ica.

Noun

*pivьnica f

cellar, basement

Declension

Declension of *pivьnica (soft a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pivьnica	*pivьnici	*pivьnicę̇
genitive	*pivьnicę̇	*pivьnicu	*pivьnicь
dative	*pivьnici	*pivьnicama	*pivьnicamъ
accusative	*pivьnicǫ	*pivьnici	*pivьnicę̇
instrumental	pivьnicejǫ, pivьnicǫ^**	*pivьnicama	*pivьnicami
locative	*pivьnici	*pivьnicu	pivьnicasъ, pivьnicaxъ^*
vocative	*pivьnice	*pivьnici	*pivьnicę̇

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** 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 Ruthenian: пивни́ца (pivníca)
  - Ukrainian: пивни́ця (pyvnýcja)
  - Carpathian Rusyn: пивни́ця (pyvnýcja)
South Slavic:
- Church Slavonic: пивьница (pivĭnica)
  - → Romanian: pivniță
- Bulgarian: пѝвница (pìvnica)
- Macedonian: пивница (pivnica)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: пи́вница
  
  Latin script: pívnica
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: pivnicě
- Polish: piwnica
- Old Slovak: pinvica, pivnica
  - Pannonian Rusyn: пиньвица (pinʹvica)
    - ⇒ Pannonian Rusyn: Пиньвиц (Pinʹvic, placename)
  - Slovak: pivnica
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: piwnica