Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sikъ

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

By surface analysis, *sik- +‎ *-ъ. See *sьcati (“to piss”). Roots *sьk- : *sěk- : *sik-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sik- : *saik- : *seik-, from Proto-Indo-European *sikʷ- : *soykʷ- : *seykʷ- (“to moisten”).

Noun

*sikъ m

  1. urine mark or stain on the ground
  2. (in the plural) urine

Declension

Declension of *sikъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *sikъ *sika *sici
genitive *sika *siku *sikъ
dative *siku *sikoma *sikomъ
accusative *sikъ *sika *siky
instrumental *sikъmь, *sikomь* *sikoma *siky
locative *sicě *siku *sicěxъ
vocative *siče *sika *sici

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

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *seykʷ- (0 c, 10 e)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *сикъ (*sikŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: *сикъ (*sik)
        • Belarusian: сі́кі pl (síki)
        • Ukrainian: сик (syk), си́ки pl (sýky) (dialectal)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “сик”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 228
  • Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2008), “сі́каць”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 12 (свабо́да – стэ́сам), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 78
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.