Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krikъ

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

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreik-, ultimately of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *hraigrô (“heron”), Welsh crëyr (“heron”), Ancient Greek κρίζω (krízō, “to creak, screech”), Latvian krikа (“laughing”).

Noun

*krȋkъ m

1. cry, scream

Declension

Declension of *krȋkъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*krȋkъ	*krȋka	*krȋci
genitive	*krȋka	*krikù	*krĩkъ
dative	*krȋku	*krikomà	*krikòmъ
accusative	*krȋkъ	*krȋka	*krȋky
instrumental	*krȋkъmь, *krȋkomь*	*krikomà	*kriký
locative	*krȋcě	*krikù	*kricě̃xъ
vocative	*kriče	*krȋka	*krȋci

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *kričati

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: крикъ (krikŭ)
    • Russian: крик (krik)
    • Ukrainian: крик (kryk)
    • Belarusian крык (kryk)

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: крикъ (krikŭ)

  • Macedonian: крик (krik)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: кри̑к

  • Slovene: krȋk (tonal orthography)

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: křik
    • Czech: křik
      • Moravian : křik
  • Polish: krzyk
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: křik
    • Lower Sorbian: kśik

References

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