Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rǫka

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-Balto-Slavic *ránkāˀ.

Noun edit

*rǫkà f[1][2]

  1. hand; arm

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*rǭkà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 439
  2. ^ EDSIL has *rǭkà with accent paradigm c, but Dybo's law did not apply to mobile paradigms, and thus could not have produced pretonic length. No length is reflected in Czech, Slovak or Polish, where it would be expected.