Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/cicati

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 *cicь (“breast”) +‎ *-ati.

    Verb

    *cicati impf[1]

    1. to suckle

    Declension

    This verb needs an inflection-table template.

    • *cicьkati

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Ukrainian: ціца́ти (cicáty) (dialectal)
    • South Slavic:
      • Bulgarian: ци́цам (cícam), цо́цам (cócam)
      • Macedonian: цица (cica) (dialectal)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: ци̏цати, цица̏ти
        Latin script: cȉcati, cicȁti
      • Slovene: cę́cati (dialectal)
    • West Slavic:
      • Czech: cicati (dated and dialectal); cecati (rare)
        • Moravian: cicá, cecá (third-person singular present)
      • Kashubian: cëcac
      • Polish: (dialectal) cycać
      • Slovak: cicať; cecať, cicac (dialectal)
      • Sorbian:

    References

    1. ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1976), “cicati”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 2 (caca – davьnota), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 87
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