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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čuti

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

Continuing Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéwh₁eti, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- (“to perceive”). Akin to Lithuanian kavoti (“to ward, to tend”), Proto-Indo-Iranian *kuHáti, Ancient Greek κοέω (koéō, “to be aware, to know”), Latin caveō (“to be aware, to watch over”), Proto-Germanic *skawwōną (“to look, to display”).

Probably related (via other extensions) to verbs denoting swinging, flashing such as *kyvati (“to nod”), *kuti (“to forge”), *kymati (“to wing, to blink”).

Verb

*čùti impf (perfective *čuvati)[1][2]

  1. to sense
  2. to feel
  3. to notice

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *čudlo (“sense”)
  • *čuvьstvo (“feeling, sense”)
  • *čutьje (“perception”)
  • *čutъkъ (“attentive, careful”)
    • *čutъka (“indication, something perceived”)
  • *čutьnъ (“sensual, amazing”)
  • *čuxati (“to grasp, to get a sense of”)
  • *čujati (“to comprehend (with the senses)”)
  • *čujьnъ (“sensible, sensuous”)

Descendants

  • Old East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: чути (čuti)
    • Old Novgorodian: цути (cuti)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: чути (čuti), чюста (čjusta), чуꙗста (čujasta)
      Glagolitic: ⱍⱆⱅⰻ (čuti)
    • Bulgarian: чу́я (čúja)
    • Macedonian: чуе (čue)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: чу̏ти
      Latin: čȕti
    • Slovene: čúti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: čúti
      • Czech: čít
        • Moravian (Mistřice): čut
    • Kashubian: czëc
    • Polish: czuć
    • Slovak: čuť
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: čuć
      • Lower Sorbian: cuś

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*čùti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 91: “v. (a) ‘sense, feel, notice’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “čuti: čujǫ čujetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 204, 246; PR 133; MP 23, 27)”
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