Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ocьtъ

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 Gothic 𐌰𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍄 (akeit) or 𐌰𐌺𐌴𐍄 (akēt), ultimately from Latin acētum (“vinegar”), from aceō (“to be sour”). Compare Slovene kis (“vinegar”), Upper Sorbian kisało (“vinegar”) (see *kysati, *kysnǫti, *kysěti, *kyselъ).

Noun

*ocьtъ m

1. vinegar

Inflection

Declension of *ocьtъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ocьtъ	*ocьta	*ocьti
genitive	*ocьta	*ocьtu	*ocьtъ
dative	*ocьtu	*ocьtoma	*ocьtomъ
accusative	*ocьtъ	*ocьta	*ocьty
instrumental	*ocьtъmь, *ocьtomь*	*ocьtoma	*ocьty
locative	*ocьtě	*ocьtu	*ocьtěxъ
vocative	*ocьte	*ocьta	*ocьti

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

• *ocьtěnъ
• *ocьtiti (“to fill with vinegar”)
• *ocьtovъ

Descendants

According to ЭССЯ, East Slavic forms are borrowing from Polish

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: оцьтъ (ocĭtŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: оцетъ (ocet), оцотъ (ocot)
      • Belarusian: во́цат (vócat)
      • Ukrainian: о́цет (ócet)
    • Russian: о́цет (ócet)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: оцьтъ (ocĭtŭ)

    Glagolitic script: [Term?]

  • Bulgarian: оце́т (océt)
  • Macedonian: оцет (ocet)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: о̀цат

    Latin script: òcat

  • Slovene: ócet
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: ocet
    • Czech: ocet
  • Kashubian: òct
  • Old Polish: ocet
    • Polish: ocet, u̯ecet
  • Old Slovak: ocot, vocot, vocet
    • Slovak: ocot, ocet
  • Slovincian: wôct

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Romanian: oțet
  • → Hungarian: ecet

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “оцет”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “уксус”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 288
• Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*ocьtъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 11