Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/četa

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

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷeteh₂ "pair", from Proto-Indo-European *kʷet- "to fit together".

Noun

*četa f

  1. company

Declension

Declension of *četa (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *četa *četě *čety
genitive *čety *četu *četъ
dative *četě *četama *četamъ
accusative *četǫ *četě *čety
instrumental *četojǫ, *četǫ** *četama *četami
locative *četě *četu *četasъ, *četaxъ*
vocative *četo *četě *čety

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: чета (četa)
    • Ukrainian: чота́ (čotá)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: чета (četa)
      Glagolitic: ⱍⰵⱅⰰ (četa)
    • Bulgarian: че́та (čéta)
    • Macedonian: чета (četa)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: че̏та
      Latin script: čȅta
    • Slovene:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: četa
    • Slovak: čata
  • Non-Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чета́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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