Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščitъ

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-Balto-Slavic *skeitas, *skaita-, from Proto-Indo-European *skey-to-m, from *skey- (“to cut, separate”).

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian skiẽtas (“reed”), Latvian šķiêts (“reed”), šķieta (“goose sternum”), Old Prussian scaytan (“shield”).

Indo-European cognates include Latin scūtum (“shield”) from *skoytom; and Old Irish scíath (“shield”), Welsh ysgwyd (“shield”), Breton skoed (Old Breton skoit), all from Proto-Celtic *skētos, from *skeytos.

Comparison with Proto-Germanic *skelduz (“shield”) is doubtful.

Noun

*ščĩtъ m

The original meaning was "something cut off, separated" > "board"

1. shield

Inflection

Declension of *ščĩtъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ščĩtъ	*ščītà	*ščītì
genitive	*ščītà	*ščītù	*ščĩtъ
dative	*ščītù	*ščītòma	*ščītòmъ
accusative	*ščĩtъ	*ščītà	*ščītỳ
instrumental	*ščītъ̀mь, *ščītòmь*	*ščītòma	*ščĩty
locative	*ščītě̀	*ščītù	*ščĩtěxъ
vocative	*ščite	*ščītà	*ščītì

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

See also

• *cěditi (“to strain, filter”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: щитъ (ščitŭ)
    • Belarusian: шчыт (ščyt)
    • Russian: щит (ščit)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: щит (ščyt)
    • Ukrainian: щит (ščyt)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: щитъ (štitŭ)

    Glagolitic: ⱋⰻⱅⱏ (štitŭ)

  • Bulgarian: щит (štit)
  • Macedonian: штит (štit)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: шти̑т

    Latin script: štȋt

  • Slovene: ščȋt (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: ščít
    • Czech: štít
  • Kashubian: szczit
  • Old Polish: szczyt
    • Polish: szczyt
  • Slovak: štít
  • Slovincian: szczyt
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: škit
    • Lower Sorbian: šćit

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 486
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “щит”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “щит”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 436