Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/klěščь

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

Related to *klěšča.

Noun

*klěščь m^[1]^[2]

tick (arthropod)

Declension

Declension of *klě̃ščь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*klě̃ščь	*klě̄ščà	*klě̄ščì
genitive	*klě̄ščà	*klě̄ščù	*klě̃ščь
dative	*klě̄ščù	*klě̄ščèma	*klě̃ščemъ
accusative	*klě̃ščь	*klě̄ščà	*klě̄ščę̇̀
instrumental	klě̄ščь̀mь, klě̄ščèmь^*	*klě̄ščèma	*klě̃šči
locative	*klě̄ščì	*klě̄ščù	*klě̃ščixъ
vocative	*klěšču	*klě̄ščà	*klě̄ščì

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: клешч (klješč)
- Russian: клещ (klešč)
- Ukrainian: кліщ (klišč)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian: (archaic)
  Cyrillic script: клешт
- Slovene: klȍšč (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: klíšť, klíště n
- Old Polish: kleszcz
  - Polish: kleszcz
  - Silesian: klyszcz
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: chlészcz, klészcz
  - Slovincian: klészcz
- Slovak: kliešť
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: klěšć
  - Lower Sorbian: klěšć

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*klěščь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 23
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “klěščь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (RPT 98,101)”

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*klěščь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 23

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “klěščь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (RPT 98,101)”

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