פּיאַטע
־ס
די
פּיענטע
'heel'

ETYMOLOGY

[Perhaps פּיענטע is the older form, from Polish, competing with a newer East Slavic form פּיאַטע.]
Polish pięta; Belarusian пята; Ukrainian п'ята.
{Geller and Gajek, 2023: 55; Herzog 1964: 108}
From Proto-Slavic ✱pętà; from Proto-Balto-Slavic ✱pentà, perhaps from ✱pęti 'to stretch', from PIE ✱(s)penh₁- 'to span, to spin'.

[The strange stratification of nasal and non-nasal variants does not seem to line up with anything. Why?..]

CENTRAL

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

dɩ pjatəs {ETCP, Nyzhnya Apsha, 48233}

pjatə̃ 'ankle [?]' {POLAND, Wolbrom, 50196}
- pjɛntə̃ פּיענטע 'heel'

• pjəntɩk פּיענטיק [?]{ɴᴏᴛᴇ: פֿון אַ שוך}

pjatə {POLAND, Warsaw, 52211}

NORTHEASTERN

Lithuania

pjate {LITHUANIA, Vilnius, 54257}

SOUTHEASTERN

pjéte {ROMANIA, Brăila, 45273}