Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vykati

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

From *vyti (“to howl”) +‎ *-kati. Cognate with Latvian ūkšuot (“to shout”), Lithuanian ūkáuti, ū́kčioti (“to call, to evoke”), Proto-Germanic *auhjōną (“to make noise”).

Similar to Russian ау́кать (aúkatʹ, “to shout "auh!"”), formed in the same manner from the interjection ау (au, “wow, wail”).

Verb

*vykáti impf (perfective *vyknǫti) (South Slavic)

1. to shout, to yell
2. to evoke

Inflection

Conjugation of *vykati, *vyka, *vykajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*vykanьje	*vykati	*vykatъ	*vykalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*vykanъ	*vykajemъ
Active	*vykavъ	*vykaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vykaxъ	*vyka	*vyka	*vykajǫ	*vykaješi	*vykajetь
Dual	*vykaxově	*vykasta	*vykaste	*vykajevě	*vykajeta	*vykajete
Plural	*vykaxomъ	*vykaste	*vykašę	*vykajemъ	*vykajete	*vykajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vykaaxъ	*vykaaše	*vykaaše	—	*vykaji	*vykaji
Dual	*vykaaxově	*vykaašeta	*vykaašete	*vykajivě	*vykajita	—
Plural	*vykaaxomъ	*vykaašete	*vykaaxǫ	*vykajimъ	*vykajite	—

Derived terms

• *vykačь (agent noun)
• *vykadlo (instrumental noun)

Related terms

• *vyzgati, *vizgati (“to neigh”)
• *vykъ, *vykotъ (“shout”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: вꙑкати (vykati)
  • Bulgarian: ви́кам (víkam)
  • Macedonian: вика (vika)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ви́кати

    Latin script: víkati

  • Slovene: vīkati (tonal orthography)

References

Further reading

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “викам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 147