Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/či

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 Proto-Indo-European *kʷéy, initially instrumental singular of pronoun *kʷo-/*kʷe-; compare Latin qui, Avestan 𐬗𐬌𐬱 (ciš), Old Saxon hwi.

Conjunction

*či

if, whether
or

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: чи (či)
  - Belarusian: ці (ci); also чы (in dialects and Ruthenian)
  - Russian: чи (či) (West or South Russia, Ukraine)
  - Ukrainian: чи (čy)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Latin script: či, če
  
  Cyrillic script: чи, че
- Slovene: če
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: či
  - Czech: či
- Old Polish: czy
  - Masurian: cÿ
  - Polish: czy
  - Silesian: czy, czi
- Slovak: či
- Polabian: cĕ
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: czë

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