Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čukъ

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

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Etymology

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Possibly polygenetic. Proposed origins:

Noun

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*čȗkъ m[1]

  1. (onomatopoeic) knock, clatter, rumble
    pigmy owl (in Western South Slavic)
  2. hammer, mallet
    Synonyms: *kyjь, *moltъ

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: чук (čuk, part of forelock) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: чук (čuk, rumble)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: чу́к (čúk, hammer; knock)
    • Macedonian: чук (čuk, knock)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
    • Slovene: čūk (pigmy owl)

Further reading

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čukъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 132

References

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  1. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “čūk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*čȗkъ