Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ękati

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

Alternative forms

• *ęcati

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ink-. Cognate with Lithuanian inkštėti (“to stammer”), Dutch janken, Latin uncāre.

Verb

*ękati

1. to moan

Inflection

Conjugation of *ękati, *ęka, *ękajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*ękanьje	*ękati	*ękatъ	*ękalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*ękanъ	*ękajemъ
Active	*ękavъ	*ękaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ękaxъ	*ęka	*ęka	*ękajǫ	*ękaješi	*ękajetь
Dual	*ękaxově	*ękasta	*ękaste	*ękajevě	*ękajeta	*ękajete
Plural	*ękaxomъ	*ękaste	*ękašę	*ękajemъ	*ękajete	*ękajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*ękaaxъ	*ękaaše	*ękaaše	—	*ękaji	*ękaji
Dual	*ękaaxově	*ękaašeta	*ękaašete	*ękajivě	*ękajita	—
Plural	*ękaaxomъ	*ękaašete	*ękaaxǫ	*ękajimъ	*ękajite	—

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: е́цам (écam) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: jе́кати, jȅkati, јȅцати

    Latin script: jékati, jȅkati, jȅcati

  • Slovene: jékati
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: jekati
  • Kashubian: jikac sã
  • Old Polish: jąkać
    • Polish: jąkać
  • Slovincian: jãkac

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ękati; *ęcati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 157