Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sьčь

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 reconstructions

• *sičь, *sьcь

Etymology

By surface analysis, *sьk- +‎ *-jь. See *sьcati (“to piss”). Roots *sьk- : *sěk- : *sik-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sik- : *saik- : *seik-, from Proto-Indo-European *sikʷ- : *soykʷ- : *seykʷ- (“to moisten”).

Noun

*sьčь m

1. urine

Related terms

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *seykʷ- (0 c, 10 e)

Derived terms

• *sьčina f

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: сьць (sĭcĭ), сець (secĭ), сьча f (sĭča), сьца f (sĭca), шьча f (šĭča), ща f (šča)
    • Middle Russian: сець (secʹ), сецъ (sec)
    • Old Ruthenian: сечь (sečʹ)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: сич (syč)
      • Ukrainian: сеч (seč), се́ча f (séča); си́ча f (sýča) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: сьчь (sĭčĭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱄⱐⱍⱐ (sĭčĭ)

  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: са̏ч

    Latin script: sȁč

  • Slovene: sẹ̑č (tonal orthography)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1972) “сцать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Муза – Сят), Moscow: Progress, page 815