Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/cicati

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 *cicь, *cica (“breast”) +‎ *-ati.

Verb

*cicati impf

1. to suckle

Declension

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• *cicьkati

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Ukrainian: ціца́ти (cicáty) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: ци́цам (cícam), цо́цам (cócam)
  • Macedonian: цица (cica) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ци̏цати, цица̏ти

    Latin script: cȉcati, cicȁti

    • Kajkavian: cȅcati
  • Slovene: cę́cati (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: cicati (dated and dialectal); cecati (rare)
    • Moravian: cicá, cecá (third-person singular present)
  • Kashubian: cëcac
  • Polish: (dialectal) cycać
  • Slovak: cicať; cecať, cicac (dialectal)
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: cycaś
    • Upper Sorbian: cycać