Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rokotъ

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

Onomatopoeic, according to Vasmer. Per Melnychuk, from *rok-/*rek- (see *reťi), cognate with Lithuanian rė̃kti (“to shout, to roar”), Latvian rèkt (“to shout, to roar, to howl”).

Noun

*rokotъ m

1. murmur, roar

Declension

Declension of *rokotъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*rokotъ	*rokota	*rokoti
genitive	*rokota	*rokotu	*rokotъ
dative	*rokotu	*rokotoma	*rokotomъ
accusative	*rokotъ	*rokota	*rokoty
instrumental	*rokotъmь, *rokotomь*	*rokotoma	*rokoty
locative	*rokotě	*rokotu	*rokotěxъ
vocative	*rokote	*rokota	*rokoti

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *рокотъ (*rokotŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: *рокотъ (*rokot)
      • Belarusian: ро́кат (rókat)
      • Ukrainian: ро́кіт (rókit)
    • Russian: ро́кот (rókot)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ро̏ко̄т

    Latin script: rȍkōt

• West Slavic:
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: rokot

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1972) “ро́кот”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Муза – Сят), Moscow: Progress, page 497
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “рокіт”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 119: “псл. *rok-/*rek- ― psl. *rok-/*rek-”
• Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2006), “ро́кат”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 11 (раб – сая́н), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 179