Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vyknǫti

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 1

From an earlier *ūknǫtī, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *auk-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ewk-néw-ti, from *h₁ewk- (to accustom); cognate with Lithuanian jùnkti (to get used to), and see *učiti (to teach) for more cognates.[1]

Verb

*vyknǫti pf (imperfective *učiti)

  1. to acclimate, to habituate
Inflection
  • *navykъ (habit)
  • *obyčajь (custom)
  • *obyčь (fondness)
  • *obyknovenъ (usual, standard)
  • *privyčьka (tic, unconscious habit)
  • *sъvyčajь (regular action, praxis)
  • *vyčьnъ (accustomed to)
Derived terms
  • *sъvyknǫti (to get used to)
  • *privyknǫti (to get accustomed with)
  • *navyknǫti (to acquire a habit)
  • *obyknǫti (to get fond of, to get accustomed)
  • *otъvyknǫti (to break a habit)
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: -вы́кнуть (-výknutʹ)
    • Ukrainian: приви́кнути (pryvýknuty)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: navykat
    • Polabian: voiknĕt
    • Old Polish: wyknąć
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: wuknuś
      • Upper Sorbian: wuknyć

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vỳknǫti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 534

Further reading

Etymology 2

Perfective counter-part to *vykati (to shout) +‎ *-nǫti

Verb

*vyknǫti pf (imperfective *vykati)

  1. to shout out (South Slavic)
Inflection
Descendants
  • South Slavic:
Further reading
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вик”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 146