Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bykъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Unclear, 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
Declension
Declension of *bỹkъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
Derived terms
Related terms
- *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
- *bьčela (“bee”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- → Yiddish: ביק (bik)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бык”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bykъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 03 (*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
- ^ 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”