Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ritь
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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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *rēyti-. Cognate with Lithuanian ríetas (“thigh, loin”), Latvian riẽta (“thigh, haunch”), Old Armenian երի (eri).
Noun edit
*ritь f[1]
Declension edit
Declension of *ritь (i-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ritь | *riti | *riti |
| genitive | *riti | *ritьju, *riťu* | *ritьjь, *riti* |
| dative | *riti | *ritьma | *ritьmъ |
| accusative | *ritь | *riti | *riti |
| instrumental | *ritьjǫ, *riťǫ* | *ritьma | *ritьmi |
| locative | *riti | *ritьju, *riťu* | *ritьxъ |
| vocative | *riti | *riti | *riti |
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: рить (ritĭ, “hoof”)
- South Slavic:
- Church Slavonic: рить (ritĭ, “buttocks”)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: rȉt (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
Further reading edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “рить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References edit
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ritь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 436: “f. i ‘buttocks’”