Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bykъ
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editUnclear, but likely of onomatopoeic origin. Akin to Lithuanian bucêt (“to sound, to buzz”), Latvian bukti (“to moo”), bukas (“bittern”) and further to Welsh bugad (“lowing, bellowing”).
Comparable also to Proto-Turkic *buka (“bull”), Mongolian буга (buga, “reindeer”).
Noun
editDeclension
editDeclension of *bỹkъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
edit- *bukati (“to thump, to moo”)
- *buxati (“to paddle”)
- *bučati (“to roar, to ramp”)
- *byčati (“to prick, to clatter”)
- *bykati (“to overthrow, to knock down”)
See also
edit- *bьčela (“bee”)
Descendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- → Yiddish: ביק (bik)
Further reading
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бык”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “бык”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 128
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bykъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 147
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бик”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 47
References
edit- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “bykъ byka”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 167; PR 134; RPT 97, 101)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “bȉk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*bykъ̏”