Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čęstъ

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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

Originally participle, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kimśto-, from Proto-Indo-European *kmḱ-to-, from *kemḱ-. Equivalent to **čęsti +‎ *-tъ.

Cognate with Lithuanian kim̃štas (packed, stuffed) (< kim̃šti, kemšù).

Adjective

*čę̑stъ (comparative *čęsťьjь)[1][2]

  1. frequent, dense
    Synonym: *gǫstъ
    Antonym: *rědъkъ

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Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “частый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čęstъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 106

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “čęstъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 88:adj. o (c) ‘frequent, dense’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “čęstъ čęsta čęsto”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c tæt, hyppig (SA 111, 188; PR 138)