Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čižь

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 a suffixed base of imitative origin.

Noun

*čižь m

1. Eurasian siskin, Spinus spinus

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: чижь (čižĭ)
    • Belarusian: чыж (čyž)
    • Russian: чиж (čiž); чи́жик (čížik)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: чіж (čiž); чіжык (čižŷk)
    • Ukrainian: чиж (čyž)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: чи̑ж; чи́жак

    Latin script: čȋž; čížak

  • Slovene: čižek
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: číž (archaic); čížek
    • Moravian (Mistřice): číš
  • Kashubian: cziżik
  • Polish: czyż; czyżyk
  • Slovak: číž; čížik
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: čižik
    • Lower Sorbian: cyž

• Non-Slavic:
  • Middle High German: zīsec, zīsic
    • → German: Zeisig
  • → English: siskin
  • → Hungarian: csíz