Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čekati

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

Traditionally considered an alternative form of *čakati, which Vasmer considers a reduplicative formation from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- (“to desire; to wish”).^[1] Derksen mentions this possibility, but favors Stang's derivation from a Proto-Indo-European *kʷek- (“to expect”), which he compares to Old Prussian kackint (“to attain”) and Lithuanian kàkti (“to be sufficient”) (though no non-Balto-Slavic cognates have been deduced).^[2] Note the latter root's similarity in form and meaning to Proto-Indo-European *kʷeḱ- (“to see, look”), though the relation between the two, if any, is unclear.

Verb

*čekati

to wait, await, expect

Inflection

Conjugation of *čekati, *čeka, *čekajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*čekanьje	*čekati	*čekatъ	*čekalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*čekanъ	*čekajemъ
Active	*čekavъ	*čekaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*čekaxъ	*čeka	*čeka	*čekajǫ	*čekaješi	*čekajetь
Dual	*čekaxově	*čekasta	*čekaste	*čekajevě	*čekajeta	*čekajete
Plural	*čekaxomъ	*čekaste	*čekašę	*čekajemъ	*čekajete	*čekajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*čekaaxъ	*čekaaše	*čekaaše	—	*čekaji	*čekaji
Dual	*čekaaxově	*čekaašeta	*čekaašete	*čekajivě	*čekajita	—
Plural	*čekaaxomъ	*čekaašete	*čekaaxǫ	*čekajimъ	*čekajite	—

Alternative forms

*čakati

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: чака́ць (čakácʹ)
- Russian: чека́ть (čekátʹ) (dialectal)
- Carpathian Rusyn: че́кати (čékaty)
- Ukrainian: чека́ти (čekáty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: чекати (čekati)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⱍⰵⰽⰰⱅⰻ (čekati)
- Bulgarian: че́кам (čékam) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: чека (čeka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: че̏кати
  
  Latin script: čȅkati
West Slavic:
- Kashubian: czekac
- Old Czech: čekati
  - Czech: čekat
- Old Polish: czekać, czakać
  - Polish: czekać, cekać (Łowicz)
  - Silesian: czekać, czakać (Southern Silesian)
- Old Slovak: čakať, čekať
  - Pannonian Rusyn: чекац (čekac)
  - Slovak: čakať

References

^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “чека́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*čekati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 79

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

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*čekati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 79

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