Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čisti

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.

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *(s)keistéi (mobile accent), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷeyt-. Cognate with Latvian šķist (“to think, to suppose”).

*čistì impf (frequentative *čitati)^[1][2][3][4]

1. to count (determine the total number of)

   Synonym: *ličiti

2. to divine
3. to read (to interpret, or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention)
4. to pay attention, to pay heed, to notice, to perceive, to comprehend, to understand
5. to honour, to worship, to esteem, to respect

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: чисти (čisti), ⇒ чьсти (čĭsti), чести (česti)
    • ⇒ Ukrainian: чти́ти (čtýty)
    • ⇒ Russian: честь (čestʹ) (obsolete, dialectal), чтить (čtitʹ) (bookish)
  • ⇒ Old Novgorodian: чьсти (ćĭsti)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: чисти (čisti)

    Glagolitic script: ⱍⰻⱄⱅⰻ (čisti)

    • Bulgarian: чета́ (četá)
    • Macedonian: чете (čete) (dialectal)
  • Old Serbo-Croatian: čisti (attested 13-16 cent.)
    • ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:

      Cyrillic script: (obsolete) ча̀тити, ча̀тати, чта̏ти, чти̏ти, чтјети, (dialectal) шти̏ти, штјети, штети

      Latin script: (obsolete) čàtiti, čàtati, čtȁti, čtȉti, čtjeti, (dialectal) štȉti, štjeti, šteti

  • ⇒ Slovene: štéti, čtéti (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: čísti
    • Czech: číst
  • Old Polish: czyść, ⇒ czcić
    • Polish: czyść (obsolete)
  • Polabian: catĕ (3. sg. praes.)
  • Pomeranian:
    • ⇒ Kashubian: tczëc

• Snoj, Marko (2016) “štẹ́ti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*čisti̋, sed. *čь̏tǫ”