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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čersti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *kert-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert-, extension of *(s)ker-. Cognate with Latvian cìrst (to hew, slash), Lithuanian kir̃sti (to hew, slash), Old High German scrintan (to split, burst), Sanskrit कृन्तति (kṛntati, to cut, split, break).

Verb

*čersti [1]

  1. to carve, slash?
    Synonym: *rězati
  2. to draw
    Synonyms: *čьrtati, *pьsati
  3. to furrow?
    Synonyms: *borzditi, *orati

Inflection

See also

  • *čьrtъ
  • *čerťa
  • *čertъ, *čerta
  • *čьrkati, *čьrkačь
  • *čьrxati, *čьrxlja, *čьrslь
  • *čarati, *čara, *čariti
  • *kъrčiti

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Church Slavonic: чрѣсти (črěsti) (Russian)
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *чьрсти (*čĭrsti)?, чьрту (čĭrtu, to hew, slash), очерести (očeresti)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: очрѣсти (očrěsti, to carve)
      Glagolitic: ⱁⱍⱃⱑⱄⱅⰻ (očrěsti)

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*čersti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 85: “v. ‘carve, slash’”
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