Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/cicь
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Proto-Slavic[edit]
Alternative reconstructions[edit]
- *titь (Russian)
Etymology[edit]
Onomatopoeic of baby's speech, cf. German Zitze, Italian tetta, Romanian țiță. See also Russian тить (titʹ), ти́та (títa).
Noun[edit]
*cicь m[1]
Alternative forms[edit]
- *cica (a-stem)
Declension[edit]
Declension of *cicь (i-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *cicь | *cici | *cici |
genitive | *cici | *cicьju, *ciču* | *cicьjь, *cici* |
dative | *cici | *cicьma | *cicьmъ |
accusative | *cicь | *cici | *cici |
instrumental | *cicьjǫ, *cičǫ* | *cicьma | *cicьmi |
locative | *cici | *cicьju, *ciču* | *cicьxъ |
vocative | *cici | *cici | *cici |
* 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).
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- *sъsati (“to suckle”)
Descendants[edit]
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References[edit]
- ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1976), “cicь”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 2 (caca – davьnota), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 87
Further reading[edit]
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “титька”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress