Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/(š)četъka

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 *(š)četь +‎ *-ъka.

Noun

*(š)četъka f

1. 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