Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čersti

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 *kert-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert-, extension of *(s)ker-. Cognate with Latvian cìrst (“to hew, slash”), Lithuanian kir̃sti (“to hew, slash”), Old High German scrintan (“to split, burst”), Sanskrit कृन्तति (kṛntati, “to cut, split, break”).

Verb

*čersti

1. to carve, slash?

   Synonym: *rězati

2. to draw

   Synonyms: *čьrtati, *pьsati

3. to furrow?

   Synonyms: *borzditi, *orati

Inflection

Conjugation of *čersti, *čьrte, *čьrtetь (?, -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*čьrtenьje	*čersti	*čerstъ	*čьrtlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*čьrtenъ	*čьrtomъ
Active	*čьrtъ	*čьrty

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*čьrt(ox)ъ	*čьrte	*čьrte	*čьrtǫ	*čьrteši	*čьrtetь
Dual	*čьrt(ox)ově	*čьrt(e/os)ta	*čьrt(e/os)te	*čьrtevě	*čьrteta	*čьrtete
Plural	*čьrt(ox)omъ	*čьrt(e/os)te	*čьrtǫ, *čьrtošę	*čьrtemъ	*čьrtete	*čьrtǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*čьrtěaxъ	*čьrtěaše	*čьrtěaše	—	*čьrti	*čьrti
Dual	*čьrtěaxově	*čьrtěašeta	*čьrtěašete	*čьrtěvě	*čьrtěta	—
Plural	*čьrtěaxomъ	*čьrtěašete	*čьrtěaxǫ	*čьrtěmъ	*čьrtěte	—

See also

• *čьrtъ
• *čerťa
• *čertъ, *čerta
• *čьrkati, *čьrkačь
• *čьrxati, *čьrxlja, *čьrslь
• *čarati, *čara, *čariti
• *kъrčiti

Related terms

• *čersъ
• *kortъ
• *kortъkъ

Derived terms

• *čьrstvъ
• *čerslo
• *čьrtelь (possibly)
• *čьrtati
• *čьrta
• *čьrtiti
• *čьrtežь

Descendants

• Church Slavonic: чрѣсти (črěsti) (Russian)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *чьрсти (*čĭrsti)?, чьрту (čĭrtu, “to hew, slash”), очерести (očeresti)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: очрѣсти (očrěsti, “to carve”)

    Glagolitic script: ⱁⱍⱃⱑⱄⱅⰻ (očrěsti)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “черту”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čersti, *čьrtǫ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 75
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*občersti/*občьrsti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 75
• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “чьрсти, чьрту, чрьту”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1568
• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “очьрсти, очерести, очьрту”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[2] (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 849