Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čьto
Proto-Slavic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom *čь + *-to, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ki, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid (cf. *kʷis). Cognate with Lithuanian kìtas (“another, next”) and Latvian cits (“other, different”).
Pronoun
edit*čьto
- what (interrogative)
Declension
editDeclension of *čьto (pronominal, irregular)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “что”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Categories:
- Proto-Slavic compound terms
- Proto-Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Proto-Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Slavic lemmas
- Proto-Slavic pronouns
- Proto-Slavic interrogative pronouns
- Proto-Slavic soft pronouns and determiners