оцьтъ

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ocьtъ, itself from Gothic 𐌰𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍄 (akeit) or 𐌰𐌺𐌴𐍄 (akēt), ultimately from Latin acetum.

Noun

оцьтъ • (ocĭtŭ) m

1. vinegar
   • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 1212-1213:

     ꙗкоже и чаша стрьди налиꙗна ѥдиноѭ каплеѭ оцьта огорьчаваѥтъ

     jakože i čaša strĭdi nalijana jedinojǫ kaplejǫ ocĭta ogorĭčavajetŭ

     Just as a cup of honey becomes bitter if you add to it a single drop of vinegar

Descendants

• Belarusian: о́цет (ócjet)
• Bulgarian: оце́т (océt)
  • Macedonian: оцет (ocet)
• Czech: ocet
• Polish: ocet
• Romanian: oțet
• Russian: о́цет (ócet)
• Serbo-Croatian: о̀цат/òcat
• Slovak: ocot
• Ukrainian: о́цет (ócet)