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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bykъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Unclear, but likely ultimately of onomatopoeic origin.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian bucêt (“to sound, to buzz”), Latvian bukti (“to moo”), bukas (“bittern”). Other Indo-European cognates include Welsh bugad (“lowing, bellowing”).

Compare also Proto-Turkic *buka (“bull”).

Noun

*bỹkъ m [1]

  1. bull

Declension
Declension of *bỹkъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *bỹkъ *bȳkà *bȳcì
Accusative *bỹkъ *bȳkà *bȳkỳ
Genitive *bȳkà *bȳkù *bỹkъ
Locative *bȳcě̀ *bȳkù *bỹcěxъ
Dative *bȳkù *bȳkòma *bȳkòmъ
Instrumental *bȳkъ̀mь, *bȳkòmь* *bȳkòma *bỹky
Vocative *byče *bȳkà *bȳcì
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
  • *byčь
  • *byčьkъ
  • *byčina
  • *bykovъ
    • *bykovica
    • *bykovina

See also
  • *bykati

Descendants
  • Church Slavonic: быкъ (bykŭ) (Russian)
  • East Slavic: быкъ (bykŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: бꙑкъ (bykŭ)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Bulgarian: бик (bik)
    • Macedonian: бик (bik)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: би̏к
      Latin: bȉk
    • Slovene: bȉk (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
  • → Yiddish: ביק‎ (bik)

Further reading
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “бык”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
  • Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “бык”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 128
  • Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bykъ”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 03, Moscow: Nauka, page 147
  1. Olander, Thomas (2001), “bykъ byka”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 167; PR 134; RPT 97, 101)”
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