Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čęti

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

    Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kentei, from Proto-Indo-European *ken-e-ti, from *ken-.

    Verb

    *čęti[1]

    1. to begin

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: -чѧти (-čęti), -чати (-čati)
        • Old Ruthenian: -ча́ти (-čáti)
          • Belarusian: -ча́ць (-čácʹ)
          • Carpathian Rusyn: -ча́ти (-čáty)
          • Ukrainian: -ча́ти (-čáty)
        • Russian: -ча́ть (-čátʹ)
    • West Slavic:

    References

    1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čęti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 109

    Further reading

    • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “начати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
    • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “почати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
    • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “зачати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN