Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/klikъ

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

Deverbal of *klikati (“to cry out”).

Noun

*klikъ m

1. scream cry, shout

Declension

Declension of *klikъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*klikъ	*klika	*klici
genitive	*klika	*kliku	*klikъ
dative	*kliku	*klikoma	*klikomъ
accusative	*klikъ	*klika	*kliky
instrumental	*klikъmь, *klikomь*	*klikoma	*kliky
locative	*klicě	*kliku	*klicěxъ
vocative	*kliče	*klika	*klici

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: кликъ (klikŭ)
    • Belarusian: клiк (klik)
    • Russian: клик (klik)
    • Ukrainian: клик (klyk)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: клик (klik) (poetic)
  • Macedonian: клик (klik)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: кли̏к

    Latin script: klȉk

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*klikъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 43
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “клик”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress