Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čь

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 *ki, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíd.

Pronoun

*čь

1. what; alternative form of *čьto

Declension

See *čьto. Only the nominative differs, the other case forms are the same.

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian: čȁ (occurring in the Čakavian dialects, which are named for their use of this pronoun)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: č (in contractions like oč, več, zač)
  • Old Polish: cz (in contractions like ocz, wecz, zacz)