Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čьstь

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *kistis, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷit-tis from (s)kʷeyt-. Cognate with Sanskrit चित्ति (cítti, “thinking, understanding”) and Avestan 𐬗𐬌𐬯𐬙𐬌 (cisti, “consciousness”).

Noun

*čь̏stь f

1. honor, respect

Inflection

Declension of *čь̏stь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*čь̏stь	*čь̏sti	*čь̏sti
genitive	*čьstí	*čьstьjù, *čьsťu*	*čьstь̀jь
dative	*čь̏sti	*čьstьmà	*čь̏stьmъ
accusative	*čь̏stь	*čь̏sti	*čь̏sti
instrumental	*čьstьjǫ́	*čьstьmà	*čьstьmì
locative	*čьstí	*čьstьjù, *čьsťu*	*čь̏stьxъ
vocative	*čьsti	*čь̏sti	*čь̏sti

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

• *čьstьnъ
• *čьstiti

Related terms

• *čisti
• *čitati

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: чьсть (čĭstĭ)
    • Belarusian: чэсць (čescʹ)
    • Russian: честь (čestʹ)
    • Ukrainian: честь (čestʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: чьсть (čĭstĭ)

    Glagolitic: ⱍⱐⱄⱅⱐ (čĭstĭ)

  • Bulgarian: чест (čest)
  • Macedonian: чест (čest)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ча̑ст

    Latin script: čȃst

  • Slovene: čȃst (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: čest
    • Czech: čest
  • Polish: cześć
  • Slovak: česť
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: cesć
    • Upper Sorbian: česć
• Non-Slavic:
  • Romanian: cinste

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “честь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čьstь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 175