Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sikъ

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

By surface analysis, *sik- +‎ *-ъ. See *sьcati (“to piss”). Roots *sьk- : *sěk- : *sik-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sik- : *saik- : *seik-, from Proto-Indo-European *sikʷ- : *soykʷ- : *seykʷ- (“to moisten”).

Noun

*sikъ m

1. urine mark or stain on the ground
2. (in the plural) urine

Declension

Declension of *sikъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sikъ	*sika	*sici
genitive	*sika	*siku	*sikъ
dative	*siku	*sikoma	*sikomъ
accusative	*sikъ	*sika	*siky
instrumental	*sikъmь, *sikomь*	*sikoma	*siky
locative	*sicě	*siku	*sicěxъ
vocative	*siče	*sika	*sici

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

Related terms

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *seykʷ- (0 c, 10 e)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *сикъ (*sikŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: *сикъ (*sik)
      • Belarusian: сі́кі pl (síki)
      • Ukrainian: сик (syk), си́ки pl (sýky) (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: siki

Further reading

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “сик”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 228
• Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2008), “сі́каць”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 12 (свабо́да – стэ́сам), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 78