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: ци̏цати, цица̏ти
  Latin: 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: cycać
- Slovak: cicať; cecať, cicac (dialectal)
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: cycaś
  - Upper Sorbian: cycać

References

Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1976), “cicati”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 2 (caca – davьnota), Wrocław: National Ossoliński Institute, page 87

[1] Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1976), “cicati”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 2 (caca – davьnota), Wrocław: National Ossoliński Institute, page 87