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Proto-Slavic *pěstъ, Russian пест и Polish Piast

2012, Васильева И. В. Праслав. *pěstъ, рус. пест и польск. Piast // Этимология. 2009-2011. М., 2012 г. С. 56-62

Abstract

In this paper I am looking at the much discussed Proto-Slavic *pěstъ, which has a parallel form *pěsta. I investigate distribution of the forms and meanings across the slavic languages and suggest new hypotheses to account for some of the derivatives.