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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kyčiti

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *kytъčiti

Etymology

Most likely, a causative verb of *kyka (pigtail, decoration) + *-iti. Some of the meanings may have been influenced by the onomatopoeic Proto-Slavic *kykotěti (to giggle), Proto-Slavic *kykati (to crow). Georgiev makes connection with forms of the semantic kernel Proto-Slavic *kyt- as if from an earlier *kytъčiti. Ultimately both the t- and the k-forms are probably extensions of Proto-Slavic *kuti (to hew, to forge) / Proto-Slavic *kujati (to cow, to crook), so semantic overlapping is to be expected.

Verb

*kyčiti impf

  1. to hook up, to hang, to pin
    Synonyms: *zakačiti, *prověsiti
  2. (by extension) to adorn, to decorate
  3. (derogatorily) to brag
    Synonym: *xvaliti

Inflection

  • *kuka (hook)
  • *kyčati (to hang, to decorate) (emphatic)
    • *kyča (overcoat)
    • *kyčьma
  • *kytiti (to cluster, to form a bouquet)
  • *kytъka (wrist, sheaf, bouquet)
  • *kytъčestъ (flamboyant)

Derived terms

  • *kyčenъ (pinned, hanged, decorated)
  • *kyčь (pomp, splendor)
  • *kyčьka (decoration)
  • *kyčьlъ (hip)
  • *kyčurъ (tuft)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: кычити (kyčiti)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: кꙑчити (kyčiti)
    • Bulgarian: кича (kiča) (3p. sg. кичи (kiči))
    • Macedonian: кичи (kiči)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: ки́чити (to brag)
      Latin: kíčiti (to brag)
    • Slovene: nakȋčiti, čȋčkati

Further reading

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