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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/cu

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

Onomatopoeic. Compare Lithuanian cū, čiú čiú, ćiuciũ, Latvian cu, ciũ, German zschu.

Interjection

*cu[1]

  1. used to call out the dogs

Derived terms
nouns

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Ukrainian: цу-цу́ (cu-cú), цю-цю́ (cju-cjú)
    • Russian: цуцу́-цуцу́ (cucú-cucú)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      ⇒ Cyrillic script: цу̏ки
      ⇒ Latin script: cȕki
  • West Slavic:
    • Polish: ciu, ciu-ciu, ciucia, a ciu, a cucu (dialectal)
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: tśu tśu
      • ⇒ Lower Sorbian: tśuko tśuko
      • Upper Sorbian: ću ću

References
  1. 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
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “цу-цу”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
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