Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/běkati

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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

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Alternative reconstructions

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Etymology

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Of onomatopoeic origin, from the interjection *be-e-e (baa) +‎ *-kati. Technically reflecting Proto-Indo-European *beh₁- (to bleat).

Verb

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*běkati impf (perfective *běknǫti)[1]

  1. to bleat, to yell

Alternative forms

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Conjugation

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*bekati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 183
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бее”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 39

References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “bē, bā”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 96:slav. (z. B. klr.) bēkati