Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rokotati

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 *rokotъ +‎ *-ati

Verb

*rokotati

1. to roar, to murmur

Inflection

Conjugation of *rokotati, *rokota, *rokoťetь (?, -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*rokotanьje	*rokotati	*rokotatъ	*rokotalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*rokotanъ	*rokoťemъ
Active	*rokotavъ	*rokoťę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*rokotaxъ	*rokota	*rokota	*rokoťǫ	*rokoťeši	*rokoťetь
Dual	*rokotaxově	*rokotasta	*rokotaste	*rokoťevě	*rokoťeta	*rokoťete
Plural	*rokotaxomъ	*rokotaste	*rokotašę	*rokoťemъ	*rokoťete	*rokoťǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*rokotaaxъ	*rokotaaše	*rokotaaše	—	*rokoťi	*rokoťi
Dual	*rokotaaxově	*rokotaašeta	*rokotaašete	*rokoťivě	*rokoťita	—
Plural	*rokotaaxomъ	*rokotaašete	*rokotaaxǫ	*rokoťimъ	*rokoťite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: рокотати (rokotati)
    • Old Ruthenian: *рокота́ти (*rokotáti)
      • Ukrainian: рокота́ти (rokotáty)
    • Russian: рокота́ть (rokotátʹ)
• West Slavic:
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: rokotać

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1972) “ро́кот”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Муза – Сят), Moscow: Progress, page 497
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “рокіт”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 119