Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sěčьňь

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.

• *sěčьnъ

From *sěťi (“to cut”) +‎ *-ьňь, due to the winter months of January and February being traditionally occupied by the felling of trees for timber.

*sěčьňь m

1. February; January

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: сѣчьнь (sěčĭnĭ, “February”), сѣчьнъ (sěčĭnŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: сѣ́чень (sě́čenʹ, “February”)
      • Belarusian: се́чань (sjéčanʹ, “January”) (archaic)
      • Ukrainian: сі́чень (síčenʹ, “January”)
    • Middle Russian: сѣчень (sěčenʹ, “January”)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Glagolitic script: cⱑⱍⱐⱀⱐ (cěčĭnĭ, “February; January”)

    Old Cyrillic script: cѣчьн҄ь (cěčĭnʹĭ, “February; January”)

    • Bulgarian: се́чен (séčen) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: се̑чањ, сје̑чањ (“January”)

    Latin script: sȇčanj, sjȇčanj (“January”)

  • Slovene: (dialectal) séčen, séčenj, sečȃn, sečȃnj (“January”) (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: sečen (“July”) (dialectal), sečeň (“January; February”) (archaic)
  • Old Polish: sieczeń (“February”)
  • Old Slovak: sečeň
    • Slovak: sečeň (“January; February”) (archaic)