Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rykati

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

Etymology

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Per Vasmer, cognate with Lithuanian rūkti, Latvian rûkt, Middle High German ruohen (“to roar; to grunt; to make noise”).

Verb

*rykati

1. to grumble, to growl

Conjugation

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Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: рꙑкати (rykati)
    • Belarusian: рыка́ць (rykácʹ)
    • Russian: ры́кать (rýkatʹ), рыча́ть (ryčátʹ)
    • Ukrainian: рика́ти (rykáty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: рꙑкати (rykati)

  • Bulgarian: ри́кам (ríkam) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ри́кати

    Latin script: ríkati

  • Slovene: ríkati, ríčati (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: rуčеt
  • Kashubian: rëczec
  • Old Polish: ryczeć
    • Polish: ryczeć
    • Silesian: ryczeć
  • Slovak: rуčаť
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: ricaś
    • Upper Sorbian: rуčеć

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “рык”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “рыча́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress