Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sьcati

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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 early *sьkati by the Slavic progressive palatalization. By surface analysis, *sьk- +‎ *-ati. Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sikā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *sikʷ-éh₂-ti, from *seykʷ-.[1]

Roots *sьk- : *sěk- : *sik-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sik- : *saik- : *seik-, from Proto-Indo-European *sikʷ- : *soykʷ- : *seykʷ- (to moisten).

Cognate with Sanskrit सिञ्चति (siñcáti, to pour out), Avestan 𐬵𐬌𐬧𐬗𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (hiṇcaiti), 𐬵𐬌𐬗𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (hicaiti, to pour), Old High German sīhan (to strain, to drip), German seichen (to piss), Ancient Greek ἷξαι (hîxai, to strain, to filter), Latin siat, sissiat ((he) urinates).

Verb

*sьcati impf[2]

  1. to piss, urinate

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*sīhwan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 435
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sьcati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 485:v. ‘piss’

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1972) “сцать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Муза – Сят), Moscow: Progress, page 815
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “сцяти”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 492
  • Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2010), “сцаць”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 13 (су- – трапка́ч), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 89