Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/(š)četъka

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Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *(š)četь +‎ *-ъka.

Noun

*(š)četъka f

brush

Declension

Declension of *(š)četъka (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*(š)četъka	*(š)četъcě	*(š)četъky
genitive	*(š)četъky	*(š)četъku	*(š)četъkъ
dative	*(š)četъcě	*(š)četъkama	*(š)četъkamъ
accusative	*(š)četъkǫ	*(š)četъcě	*(š)četъky
instrumental	(š)četъkojǫ, (š)četъkǫ^**	*(š)četъkama	*(š)četъkami
locative	*(š)četъcě	*(š)četъku	(š)četъkasъ, (š)četъkaxъ^*
vocative	*(š)četъko	*(š)četъcě	*(š)četъky

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

*(š)četina (“bristle”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *щетъка (*ščetŭka)
  - Old Ruthenian: що́тка (ščótka)
    - Belarusian: шчо́тка (ščótka)
    - Ukrainian: щі́тка (ščítka)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: ще́тка (ščétka)
  - Russian: щётка (ščótka) (see there for further descendants)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: че́тка (čétka)
- Macedonian: четка (četka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: че̏тка
  
  Latin script: čȅtka
West Slavic:
- Kashubian: szczotka
- Old Czech: ščetka
  - Czech: štětka
- Old Polish: szczotka
  - Polish: szczotka
  - Silesian: szczotka
- Slovak: štetka

Non-Slavic:
- → Albanian: shetkë