Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čьto

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

Alternative forms

*čь

Etymology

From *čь +‎ *-to, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ki, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid (cf. *kʷis)

Pronoun

*čьto

what (interrogative)

Declension

Declension of *čьto (pronomial, irregular)

All numbers	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	*kъto	*čьto
Accusative	*kъto	*čьto
Genitive	*kogo	*česo
Locative	*komь	*čemь
Dative	*komu	*česomu
Instrumental	*cěmь	*čimь

Derived terms

*něčьto
*ničьto, *ničь

Related terms

*kъto

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: что (što), чё (čo) (nonstandard), чо (čo) (nonstandard), шо (šo) (nonstandard)
- Belarusian: што (što)
- Rusyn: што (što)
- Ukrainian: що (ščo)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: чьто (čĭto)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰝⰠⰕⰑ (čĭto)
- Bulgarian: що (što)
- Macedonian: што (što)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: (Štokavian) што̏, шта̏, (Čakavian) ча̏ (< *čь)
  
  Latin: (Štokavian) štȍ, štȁ, (Čakavian) čȁ (< *čь)
West Slavic:
- Czech: (Gsg. *česo > *čьso >) co
- Kashubian: (Gsg. *česo > *čьso >) co
- Polish: (Gsg. *česo > *čьso >) co
- Slovak: (Gsg. *česo > *čьso >) čo
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: (Gsg. *česo > *čьso >) co
  - Upper Sorbian: što

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