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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čęti

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kentei, from Proto-Indo-European *ken-e-ti, from *ken-.

Verb

*čęti[1]

  1. to begin

Derived terms

Descendants
  • South Slavic:
    • Russian: -ча́ть (-čátʹ)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: čieti

References
  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čęti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 109

Further reading
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “начати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “почати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “зачати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
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