From: alex_lycos
Message: 18600
Date: 2003-02-08
>>Hmm.. it sounds very intersting.
>> Which are the roots for the Slavic words in this case?
>
> Russ. c^ego /tSivó/ is the genitive of <c^to> /Sto/ 'what'. The
> latter word, with prefixed <ni->, means 'nothing', and with <ne->
> (OCS <ne^->), 'something'. The underlying root is Slavic *c^I-/*c^e-
> < *kWi-/*kWe-, the PIE interrogative pronoun
>
> Piotr
>