Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čečetъ

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

Per Vasmer, of onomatopoeic origin and further related to Lithuanian kekùtis (“type of siskin”), kiki̇̀lis (“linnet”), kė́kštas (“jay”).

Noun

*čečetъ m

  1. redpoll (any bird of the genus Acanthis)

Inflection

Declension of *čečetъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *čečetъ *čečeta *čečeti
genitive *čečeta *čečetu *čečetъ
dative *čečetu *čečetoma *čečetomъ
accusative *čečetъ *čečeta *čečety
instrumental *čečetъmь, *čečetomь* *čečetoma *čečety
locative *čečetě *čečetu *čečetěxъ
vocative *čečete *čečeta *čečeti

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • ⇒ Belarusian: чачо́тка (čačótka)
    • Russian: че́чет (čéčet)
    • Ukrainian: че́чiт (čéčit)
  • South Slavic:
    • Slovene: čеčèt (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čečetъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 33
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “че́чет”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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