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

From *reťi (“to speak, say”) +‎ *-ъ, with semantic development "speech" > "fate" > "time, year" similar to that seen in Latin fātum. Cognate with Old Lithuanian rãkas (“time, limit, end”), Latvian raks (“goal, limit”), which are probably borrowed from Slavic.[1]

Noun

*rȍkъ m[1][2]

  1. time, term
  2. (North Slavic) year

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.

Derived terms

  • *rečenьcь (“term, deadline”)

See also

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: рокъ (rokŭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: rok
    • Old Polish: rok
    • Old Slovak: rok
    • Pomeranian:
    • 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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*rokъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 438: “m. o ‘time’”
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “rọ̑k”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*rȍkъ”
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