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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čьjь

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 *kijas. Morphologically from *čь (what) + *-jь (possessive suffix).

Determiner

*čьjь

  1. whose

Declension

See also

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: чый (čyj)
    • Russian: чей (čej)
    • Ukrainian: чий (čyj)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: чии (čii)
      Glagolitic script: [Term?]
    • Bulgarian: чий (čij)
    • Macedonian: чиј (čij)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: чѝјӣ
      Latin script: čìjī
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: čí
    • Polish: czyj
    • Slovak: čí
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: čeji
      • Lower Sorbian: ceji

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чей”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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