Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čečetъ

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

Per Vasmer, of onomatopoeic origin and further related to Lithuanian kekùtis (“type of siskin”), kikìlis (“linnet”), kė́kštas (“jay”).

Noun

*čečetъ m

1. redpoll (any bird of the genus Acanthis)

Inflection

Declension of *čečetъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*čečetъ	*čečeta	*čečeti
genitive	*čečeta	*čečetu	*čečetъ
dative	*čečetu	*čečetoma	*čečetomъ
accusative	*čečetъ	*čečeta	*čečety
instrumental	*čečetъmь, *čečetomь*	*čečetoma	*čečety
locative	*čečetě	*čečetu	*čečetěxъ
vocative	*čečete	*čečeta	*čečeti

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: чачо́тка f (čačótka)
  • Russian: че́чет (čéčet)
  • Ukrainian: че́чiт (čéčit)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: čеčèt (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: čečetka f
  • Polish: czeczotka f
  • Slovak: čеčkа f

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čečetъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 33
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “че́чет”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress