Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ščitъ
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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
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 *skeitos, from *skeytos.
Comparison with Proto-Germanic *skelduz (“shield”) is doubtful.
Noun
*ščĩtъ m
The original meaning was "something cut off, separated" > "board"
Inflection
Declension of *ščĩtъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ščĩtъ | *ščītà | *ščītì |
| genitive | *ščītà | *ščītù | *ščĩtъ |
| dative | *ščītù | *ščītòma | *ščītòmъ |
| accusative | *ščĩtъ | *ščītà | *ščītỳ |
| instrumental | *ščītъ̀mь, *ščītòmь* | *ščītòma | *ščĩty |
| locative | *ščītě̀ | *ščītù | *ščĩtěxъ |
| vocative | *ščite | *ščītà | *ščītì |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
See also
- *cěditi (“to strain, filter”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
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 Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “щит”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 436