Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zojьkъ

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 *zòjь +‎ *-ьkъ.

Noun

*zojьkъ m

1. wail, scream, yell

Declension

Declension of *zojьkъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zojьkъ	*zojьka	*zojьci
genitive	*zojьka	*zojьku	*zojьkъ
dative	*zojьku	*zojьkoma	*zojьkomъ
accusative	*zojьkъ	*zojьka	*zojьky
instrumental	*zojьkъmь, *zojьkomь*	*zojьkoma	*zojьky
locative	*zojьcě	*zojьku	*zojьcěxъ
vocative	*zojьče	*zojьka	*zojьci

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

Related terms

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰeh₂- (0 c, 13 e)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *зоикъ (*zoikŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: *зойкъ (*zojk)
      • Ukrainian: зойк (zojk); дзойк (dzojk) (dialectal)
      • ⇒ Ukrainian: зо́йкати (zójkaty)
      • ⇒ Ukrainian: зо́йкнути (zójknuty)
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: zojk (dialectal)

Further reading

• Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1972–1982) “зойк”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 2 (Д – Ь), Ottawa: Ukrainian Mohylo-Mazepian Academy of Sciences; Ukrainian Language Association, →LCCN, page 452: “*zaj-ьkъ”
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “зойк”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 274