Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rokъ

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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From *reťi (“to speak, say”) +‎ *-ъ.

Noun

*rȍkъ m

1. time, term
2. year (East and West Slavic)

Inflection

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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*rȍkъ	*rȍka	*rȍci
genitive	*rȍka	*rokù	*ròkъ
dative	*rȍku	*rokomà	*rokòmъ
accusative	*rȍkъ	*rȍka	*rȍky
instrumental	*rȍkъmь, *rȍkomь*	*rokomà	*roký
locative	*rȍcě	*rokù	*rocě̃xъ
vocative	*roče	*rȍka	*rȍci

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

See also

• *vetъxъ
• *godъ (“suitable time”)
• *jaro (“spring”), *vesna
• *lěto (“summer; year”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: рокъ (rokŭ)
    • Belarusian: рок (rok)
    • Russian: рок (rok)
    • Ukrainian: рік (rik)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: рокъ (rokŭ)

    Glagolitic: ⱃⱁⰽⱏ (rokŭ)

  • Macedonian: рок (rok)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ро̏к

    Latin script: rȍk

  • Slovene: rọ̑k (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: rok
  • Polish: rok
  • Slovak: rok
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: rok

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “рок”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “рок”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa