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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kytiti

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

*kỳta (bunch) + *-iti

Verb

*kỳtiti impf

  1. to bundle, to stack
    → to form a bouquet
    → to decorate, to adorn

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • *kytьnъ (pretty, adorned)
  • *kytьje (sheaf)
  • *kytežь (stacking, decoration)
  • *kyčiti (to hang, to decorate)
  • *kytъ (sheaf, decoration)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Ukrainian: кити́ти (kytýty)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: *кꙑтити (*kytiti)
      Romanian: chiti (to decorate)
    • Bulgarian: ки́тя (kítja)
    • Macedonian: кити (kiti)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: ки̏тити
      Latin: kȉtiti
    • Slovene: kítiti

Further reading

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