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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščitъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *skeitas, *skaita-, from Proto-Indo-European *skey-to-m, from *skey- (“to cut, separate”).
Baltic cognates include Lithuanian skiẽtas (“reed”), Latvian šķiêts (“reed”), šķieta (“goose sternum”), Old Prussian scaytan (“shield”).
Indo-European cognates include Latin scūtum (“shield”) from *skoytom; and Old Irish scíath (“shield”), Welsh ysgwyd (“shield”), Breton skoed (Old Breton skoit), all from Proto-Celtic *skētos, from *skeytos.
Comparison with Proto-Germanic *skelduz (“shield”) is doubtful.
Noun
*ščĩtъ m
The original meaning was "something cut off, separated" > "board"
- shield
Inflection
Declension of *ščĩtъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *ščĩtъ | *ščītà | *ščītì |
Accusative | *ščĩtъ | *ščītà | *ščītỳ |
Genitive | *ščītà | *ščītù | *ščĩtъ |
Locative | *ščītě̀ | *ščītù | *ščĩtěxъ |
Dative | *ščītù | *ščītòma | *ščītòmъ |
Instrumental | *ščītъ̀mь, *ščītòmь* | *ščītòma | *ščĩty |
Vocative | *ščite | *ščītà | *ščītì |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
See also
- *cěditi (“to strain, filter”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: щитъ (ščitŭ)
- Belarusian: шчыт (ščyt)
- Russian: щит (ščit)
- Ukrainian: щит (ščyt)
- Old East Slavic: щитъ (ščitŭ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: щитъ (štitŭ)
- Glagolitic: ⱋⰻⱅⱏ (štitŭ)
- Bulgarian: щит (štit)
- Macedonian: штит (štit)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: шти̑т
- Latin: štȋt
- Slovene: ščȋt (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: ščít
- Czech: štít
- Kashubian: szczit
- Old Polish: szczyt
- Polish: szczyt
- Slovak: štít
- Slovincian: ščḯt
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: škit
- Lower Sorbian: šćit
- Old Czech: ščít
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 486
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “щит”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. (1993), “щит”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 436