Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bučati

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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]

Of onomatopoeic origin from Proto-Indo-European *bew- or possibly *bʰewH- (to grow) + *-čati. Cognate with Lithuanian baũkti (to roar), Sanskrit बुक्कति (bukkati, to bark).

Verb[edit]

*bučàti impf[1][2]

  1. to roar, to drone, to clatter

Conjugation[edit]

Related terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Non-Slavic:

References[edit]

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bučàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 67
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “bučati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *bűčati

Further reading[edit]

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “буча́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bučati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 74