Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čьto

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

Alternative forms

• *čь

Etymology

From *čь +‎ *-to, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ki, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid (cf. *kʷis)

Pronoun

*čьto

1. what (interrogative)

Declension

Declension of *čьto (pronominal, irregular)

All numbers	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	*kъto	*čьto
Accusative	*kъto	*čьto
Genitive	*kogo	*česo
Locative	*komь	*čemь
Dative	*komu	*čemu
Instrumental	*cěmь	*čimь

Derived terms

• *něčьto
• *ničьto, *ničь

Related terms

• *kъto

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: что (što), чё (čo) (nonstandard), чо (čo) (nonstandard), шо (šo) (nonstandard)
  • Belarusian: што (što)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: што (što)
  • Ukrainian: що (ščo)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: чьто (čĭto)

    Glagolitic: ⱍⱐⱅⱁ (čĭto)

  • Bulgarian: що (što)
  • Macedonian: што (što)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: (Štokavian) што̏, шта̏, (Čakavian) ча̏ (< *čь)

    Latin: (Štokavian) štȍ, štȁ, (Čakavian) čȁ (< *čь)

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: (Gsg. *česo > *čьso >) co
  • Kashubian: (Gsg. *česo > *čьso >) co
  • Polish: (Gsg. *česo > *čьso >) co
  • Slovak: (Gsg. *česo > *čьso >) čo
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: (Gsg. *česo > *čьso >) co
    • Upper Sorbian: što