Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/cucьkъ

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.

Ultimately from *cu (interjection, used to call out the dogs). Similar terms arose in Baltic, cf. Lithuanian čiùčius, Latvian cùocis.

*cucьkъ m

1. (childish) dog, puppy

   Synonym: *pь̀sъ

• East Slavic:
  • ⇒ Belarusian: цю́цька (cjúcʹka); цю́ця (cjúcja) (dialectal)
  • ⇒ Ukrainian: цуц (cuc), цу́цик (cúcyk), цу́цак (cúcak), цю́ця (cjúcja), цю́цька (cjúcʹka), цюцько́ (cjucʹkó), цюцько́ (cjucʹkó), цю́цик (cjúcyk), цю́цік (cjúcik), цуце́ня (cucénja)
    • → Russian: цу́цик (cúcik)
  • ⇒ Russian: цю́ця (cjúcja), чу́ча (čúča), цу́цка (cúcka), цуцу́ (cucú) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • ⇒ Bulgarian: цу́ца (cúca) (dialectal)
  • ⇒ Macedonian: цуце (cuce)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: цу́цак; цуцек, чуцак, чуцек (dialectal)

    ⇒ Cyrillic script: цу́це; цуцка (dialectal)

    Latin script: cúcak; cucek, čucak, čucek (dialectal)

    ⇒ Latin script: cúce; cucka (dialectal)

  • Slovene: cȗcek (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • ⇒ Czech: ťuta, tuťa; cucák čučák (dialectal)
  • ⇒ Kashubian: czucza, czeczã, czeczk, czeczoch, czeczôk
  • Polish: cucek, ciuciek (dialectal)
  • ⇒ Polish: ciucia, ciućka; cuc, ciuć, cucyk, czuczak, ciuciak, cuca, ciucia, cucka, ciućka, czuczka, ciucio (dialectal)
  • ⇒ Slovak: čučo, čučko
  • Sorbian:
    • ⇒ Lower Sorbian: tśutśak, tśutśo
    • ⇒ Upper Sorbian: ćućak, ćuća, ćužka, ćućo

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “цуцик”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Snoj, Marko (2016) “cȗcek”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si