Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čixati

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 *čix- / *čьx- +‎ *-ati. Of onomatopoeic origin.

    Verb

    *čixati

    1. to sneeze

    Conjugation

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Belarusian: чи́хаць (číxacʹ)
      • Russian: чиха́ть (čixátʹ); чи́хать (číxatʹ) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: чиха́ти (čyxáty) (rare)
    • South Slavic:
    • West Slavic:
      • Sorbian:
        • Upper Sorbian: čichać
        • Lower Sorbian: tśichaś
    From *čьxati
    • East Slavic:
      • Belarusian: чхаць (čxacʹ)
      • Russian: чхать (čxatʹ); чёхать (čóxatʹ) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: чха́ти (čxáty)
    • West Slavic:

    Further reading

    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čixati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 110