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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čisti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Indo-European *kʷeyt-.

Verb

*čisti impf [1][2]

  1. to read
  2. to honour

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *čitati
  • *čislo (number)
  • *čьstь (honour)
  • *čьtъ (account)
    • *otъčьtъ (record, report)
    • *bezčьtъ (infinity, countlessness)
  • *čьtьnъ (even (for numbers))
    • *bezčьtьnъ (odd (for numbers))
  • *čьtеnъ (readable, literate)
  • *čьtеnьje (reading)

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: чисти (čisti)
    • Bulgarian: чета (četa)
    • Serbo-Croatian: čísti
    • Slovene: štẹ́ti (tonal orthography) (back-formed from the present tense)
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*čisti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 89: “v.”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), čisti: čьtǫ čьtetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c læse, ære (PR 139)”
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