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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čistъ

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 *skīstas, *skaistas, from Proto-Indo-European *skidtos (by Winter's law), *skoydtos, from *(s)keyd-.

Cognate with Lithuanian skýstas (“thin”) and/or skáistas (“beautiful, pretty”), Latvian šķîsts (“thin, clear, clean”) and Old Prussian skijstan (“pure”).

Adjective

*čìstъ[1][2]

  1. clean, pure
    *čistъ [otъ] (with genitive) ― free from something
    *čistъ grěxa, čistъ otъ grěxa ― free from guilt
    *do čista ― completely, utterly
    *čista voda ― clear, transparent, uncontaminated water
    *čisto nebo ― clear sky, sunny, without clouds
    *čisto zolto ― pure gold
    *čisto sьrebro ― pure silver
    *čista pravьda ― evident, obvious truth
    *čisto sьrdьce ― pure heart, innocent heart
    *čisto polje ― open field
    *čistъ pǫtь ― clear path

Declension

Accent paradigm a.

Derived terms

  • *čìstě, *čìsto (“clearly, purely”)
  • *čìstiti (“to clean, purify”)
  • *čìstota (“cleanness, purity”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: чистъ (čistŭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: čistý
      • Czech: čistý
        • Bohemian (Chod dialect): čistyj
    • Kashubian: czësti
    • Polabian: caist, caistĕ
    • Polish: czysty
    • Silesian: czisty
    • Slovak: čistý
    • Slovincian: čĩstï, čì·stï
    • Sorbian:

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*čìstъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 90: “adj. o (a) ‘clean, pure’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “čistъ čista čisto”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 23, 123, 188, 199; PR 133; MP 22)”
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