Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/cucьkъ

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

*cucьkъ

Etymology

Ultimately from *cu (interjection, used to call out the dogs). Similar terms arose in Baltic, cf. Lithuanian čiùčius, Latvian cùocis.

Noun

*cucьkъ m^[1]

(childish) dog, puppy
Synonym: *pь̀sъ

Declension

Declension of *cucьkъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*cucьkъ	*cucьka	*cucьci
genitive	*cucьka	*cucьku	*cucьkъ
dative	*cucьku	*cucьkoma	*cucьkomъ
accusative	*cucьkъ	*cucьka	*cucьky
instrumental	cucьkъmь, cucьkomь^*	*cucьkoma	*cucьky
locative	*cucьcě	*cucьku	*cucьcěxъ
vocative	*cucьče	*cucьka	*cucьci

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- ⇒ Belarusian: цю́цька (cjúcʹka); цю́ця (cjúcja) (dialectal)
- ⇒ Ukrainian: цуц (cuc), цу́цик (cúcyk), цу́цак (cúcak), цю́ця (cjúcja), цю́цька (cjúcʹka), цюцько́ (cjucʹkó), цюцько́ (cjucʹkó), цю́цик (cjúcyk), цю́цік (cjúcik), цуце́ня (cucénja)
  - → Russian: цу́цик (cúcik)
- ⇒ Russian: цю́ця (cjúcja), чу́ча (čúča), цу́цка (cúcka), цуцу́ (cucú) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- ⇒ Bulgarian: цу́ца (cúca) (dialectal)
- ⇒ Macedonian: цуце (cuce)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: цу́цак; цуцек, чуцак, чуцек (dialectal)
  
  ⇒ Cyrillic script: цу́це; цуцка (dialectal)
  
  Latin script: cúcak; cucek, čucak, čucek (dialectal)
  
  ⇒ Latin script: cúce; cucka (dialectal)
- Slovene: cȗcek (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- ⇒ Czech: ťuta, tuťa; cucák čučák (dialectal)
- ⇒ Kashubian: czucza, czeczã, czeczk, czeczoch, czeczôk
- Polish: cucek, ciuciek (dialectal)
- ⇒ Polish: ciucia, ciućka; cuc, ciuć, cucyk, czuczak, ciuciak, cuca, ciucia, cucka, ciućka, czuczka, ciucio (dialectal)
- ⇒ Slovak: čučo, čučko
- Sorbian:
  - ⇒ Lower Sorbian: tśutśak, tśutśo
  - ⇒ Upper Sorbian: ćućak, ćuća, ćužka, ćućo

References

^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1976), “cucьkъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 2 (caca – davьnota), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 96