Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/cěstiti

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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

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Etymology

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On account of the acute[1], probably from Pre-Slavic *koid-titi, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)koyd- (to split; to filter), related to Proto-Slavic *cěditi (to strain).

According to Trubachev, o-vocalism of Proto-Slavic *čistiti (to clean). Alternatively, per J. Zubaty (1982), from an unattested *cěstъ (clear, pure) +‎ *-iti, cognate with Lithuanian skaistùs (bright) (dial. skáistas (bright)), Latvian skaĩsts (beautiful), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *(s)káiˀstas. Further related to Latvian skaidrs (clear).

Verb

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*cě̀stiti impf[1][2]

  1. to cleanse

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: цѣстити (cěstiti, to geld, to baptize (refl.); to purge (trans.))
      Glagolitic script: ⱌⱑⱄⱅⰻⱅⰻ (cěstiti, to geld, to baptize (refl.); to purge (trans.))
    • Slovene: cẹ́stiti (to castrate)

Further reading

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*cěstiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 189

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*cěstiti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 76:v.
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “cěstiti: cěstjǫ cěstitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a rense (PR 133)