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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čajati

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-Indo-European *kʷeh₁y-e-, from the root *kʷeh₁y- (Derksen's reconstruction; Rix prefers *kʷey-). Cognates include Sanskrit चायति (cā́yati, to perceive, to observe), Ancient Greek τίω (tíō, to esteem, to respect).

Verb

*čàjati [1][2]

  1. to wait, to expect

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: чаꙗти (čajati) (11th century; accent paradigm a, with traces of c)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: чаꙗти (čajati)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Bulgarian: ча́ем (čáem) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: ча̏јати
      Latin: čȁjati
    • Slovene: čȃjati (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: čáti (archaic or dialectal; Jungmann's dictionary)

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*čàjati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 78: “v. (a)”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), čajati: čajǫ čajetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c (SA 205, 234, 236; PR 133)”
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