Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krečetъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *krekati + *-etъ. Further, perhaps of imitative Proto-Indo-European origin (see Ancient Greek κρέξ (kréx, “corncrake”)).[1] Compare Ancient Greek κέρκνος (kérknos, “a Hierax or an Alektryon”).
Noun
*krečetъ m[2]
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *krečetъ | *krečeta | *krečeti |
| genitive | *krečeta | *krečetu | *krečetъ |
| dative | *krečetu | *krečetoma | *krečetomъ |
| accusative | *krečetъ | *krečeta | *krečety |
| instrumental | *krečetъmь, *krečetomь* | *krečetoma | *krečety |
| locative | *krečetě | *krečetu | *krečetěxъ |
| vocative | *krečete | *krečeta | *krečeti |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Glagolitic script: ⰽⱃⰵⱍⰵⱅⱏ (krečetŭ)
- Old Cyrillic script: кречетъ (krečetŭ)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*krečetъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 111
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кре́чет”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress