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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čistъ

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 *skīstas, *skaistas, from Proto-Indo-European *skidtos (by Winter's law), *skoydtos, from *(s)keyd-.

Cognate with Lithuanian skýstas (“thin”) and/or skáistas (“beautiful, pretty”), Latvian šķîsts (“thin, clear, clean”) and Old Prussian skijstan (“pure”).

Adjective

*čìstъ[1][2]

  1. clean, pure
    *čistъ [otъ] (with genitive) ― free from something
    *čistъ grěxa, čistъ otъ grěxa ― free from guilt
    *do čista ― completely, utterly
    *čista voda ― clear, transparent, uncontaminated water
    *čisto nebo ― clear sky, sunny, without clouds
    *čisto zolto ― pure gold
    *čisto sьrebro ― pure silver
    *čista pravьda ― evident, obvious truth
    *čisto sьrdьce ― pure heart, innocent heart
    *čisto polje ― open field
    *čistъ pǫtь ― clear path

Declension

Accent paradigm a.

Derived terms

  • *čìstě, *čìsto (“clearly, purely”)
  • *čìstiti (“to clean, purify”)
  • *čìstota (“cleanness, purity”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: чистъ (čistŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: чистъ (čistŭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⱍⰻⱄⱅⱏ (čistŭ)
    • Bulgarian: чист (čist)
    • Macedonian: чист (čist)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: чи̏ст
      Latin script: čȉst
    • Slovene: čȋst (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чистый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čistъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 120
  • Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1976), “*čistъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 2 (caca – davьnota), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 204
  • “skystas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*čìstъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 90: “adj. o (a) ‘clean, pure’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “čistъ čista čisto”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 23, 123, 188, 199; PR 133; MP 22)”
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