Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/cicь

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

Alternative forms

• *cica

Etymology

Onomatopoeic of baby's speech. Compare German Zitze, Italian tetta, Romanian țiță. See also Russian тить (titʹ), ти́та (títa).

Noun

*cicь m (diminutive *cicьkъ or *cicьka)

1. breast
2. nipple

Declension

Declension of *cicь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*cicь	*cici	*cici
genitive	*cici	*cicьju, *ciču*	*cicьjь, *cici*
dative	*cici	*cicьma	*cicьmъ
accusative	*cicь	*cici	*cici
instrumental	*cicьjǫ, *cičǫ*	*cicьma	*cicьmi
locative	*cici	*cicьju, *ciču*	*cicьxъ
vocative	*cici	*cici	*cici

^* 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).

Derived terms

• *cicati impf

 

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    • Kajkavian: cȅc
  • Slovene: cèc
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: cec, cic
    • Czech: cící, cicí (dialectal)
  • Kashubian: cëc
  • Old Polish: cyc
    • Polish: cyc
  • Slovak: cic (dialectal)
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: cyc
    • Upper Sorbian: cyc

References

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “титька”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress