Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zykъ

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *zukъ

Etymology

From early *zū- ~ *zau- +‎ *-kъ. Derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źūˀ-, *źauˀ-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰuH-, *ǵʰowH-, from *ǵʰewH- (“to call on, invoke”).

Noun

*zykъ m

1. loud scream, noise, sound

Declension

Declension of *zykъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zykъ	*zyka	*zyci
genitive	*zyka	*zyku	*zykъ
dative	*zyku	*zykoma	*zykomъ
accusative	*zykъ	*zyka	*zyky
instrumental	*zykъmь, *zykomь*	*zykoma	*zyky
locative	*zycě	*zyku	*zycěxъ
vocative	*zyče	*zyka	*zyci

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

Descendants

From *zykъ:

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: зꙑкъ (zykŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: *зыкъ (*zyk)
      • Belarusian: зык (zyk)
        • ⇒ Belarusian: зы́каць (zýkacʹ)
      • Ukrainian: зик (zyk)
        • ⇒ Ukrainian: зи́кати (zýkaty)
    • Russian: зык (zyk)
      • ⇒ Russian: зы́кать (zýkatʹ)
      • ⇒ Russian: зы́кнуть (zýknutʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: зи̑к

    Latin script: zȋk

• West Slavic:
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: zyk, zynk

From *zukъ:

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: зукъ (zukŭ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Church Slavonic: зукъ (zukŭ) (Serbian recension)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: зу̑к

    Latin script: zȗk

    ⇒ Cyrillic script: зу́кнути

    ⇒ Latin script: zúknuti

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: zuk
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: zuk
      • ⇒ Lower Sorbian: zuknyć
    • Upper Sorbian: zuk
      • ⇒ Upper Sorbian: zuknuś

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1967) “зык”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Е – Муж), Moscow: Progress, page 109
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зук”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 108 (), Moscow: Progress, page 2
• Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1972–1982) “зик”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 2 (Д – Ь), Ottawa: Ukrainian Mohylo-Mazepian Academy of Sciences; Ukrainian Language Association, →LCCN, page 440