Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/cu
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editOnomatopoeic. Compare Lithuanian cū, čiú čiú, ćiuciũ, Latvian cu, ciũ, German zschu.
Interjection
edit*cu[1]
Derived terms
editnouns
Descendants
edit- East Slavic:
- Ukrainian: цу-цу́ (cu-cú), цю-цю́ (cju-cjú)
- Russian: цуцу́-цуцу́ (cucú-cucú)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
edit- ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1976), “cu! cu-cu!”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 2 (caca – davьnota), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 95
Further reading
edit- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “цу-цу”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka