Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščьbьtъ

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

According to Vasmer, of onomatopoeic provenance.

Noun

*ščьbьtъ m

1. twitter
2. chirp

Declension

Declension of *ščьbьtъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ščьbьtъ	*ščьbьta	*ščьbьti
genitive	*ščьbьta	*ščьbьtu	*ščьbьtъ
dative	*ščьbьtu	*ščьbьtoma	*ščьbьtomъ
accusative	*ščьbьtъ	*ščьbьta	*ščьbьty
instrumental	*ščьbьtъmь, *ščьbьtomь*	*ščьbьtoma	*ščьbьty
locative	*ščьbьtě	*ščьbьtu	*ščьbьtěxъ
vocative	*ščьbьte	*ščьbьta	*ščьbьti

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

verb

• *ščьbьtati

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: ще́бет (ščébet)
  • Ukrainian: ще́бiт (ščébit), ще́бет (ščébet)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: ščǝbèt (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: štěbet
  • Polish: szczebiot
  • Slovak: štebot

Further reading

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