Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čukъ
Appearance
Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly polygenetic. Proposed origins:
- For onomatopoiec meaning: From an expressive *čuti, *čьvati (“to bark, to wail”) + *-kъ, parallel to Proto-Slavic *čuxъ (“growl, sniffle”). Per Snoj, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kew- (“to wail, to shout”), akin to Lithuanian kaũkti (“to howl”), Latvian kàukt (“to yell, to howl”).
- For tool meaning: From Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂- (“to hew”), related to Proto-Slavic *kyjь (“hammer”).
Noun
[edit]*čȗkъ m[1]
Declension
[edit]Declension of *čukъ (hard o-stem)
Derived terms
[edit]- *čukati (“to knock, to throb”)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čukъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 132
References
[edit]- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “čūk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*čȗkъ”