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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/cicь

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

Alternative reconstructions
  • *titь (Russian)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic of baby's speech, cf. German Zitze, Italian tetta, Romanian țiță. See also Russian тить (titʹ), ти́та (títa).

Noun

*cicь m[1]

  1. breast
  2. nipple

Alternative forms

Declension
Declension of *cicь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *cicь *cici *cici
genitive *cici *cicьju, *ciču* *cicьjь, *cici*
dative *cici *cicьma *cicьmъ
accusative *cicь *cici *cici
instrumental *cicьjǫ, *cičǫ* *cicьma *cicьmi
locative *cici *cicьju, *ciču* *cicьxъ
vocative *cici *cici *cici
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms
  • *cicati (“to suckle”)
  • *cicьkъ

Descendants
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
    • Slovene: cèc
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: cec, cic
      • Czech: cící, cicí (dialectal)
    • Kashubian: cëc
    • Old Polish: cyc
    • Slovak: cic (dialectal)
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: cyc
      • Upper Sorbian: cyc

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

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