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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rokotъ

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

Onomatopoeic, according to Vasmer. Per Melnychuk, from *rok-/*rek- (see *reťi), cognate with Lithuanian rẽkti (“to shout, to roar”), Latvian rèkt (“to shout, to roar, to howl”).

Noun

rokotъ m

  1. murmur, roar

Declension
Declension of *rokotъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *rokotъ *rokota *rokoti
genitive *rokota *rokotu *rokotъ
dative *rokotu *rokotoma *rokotomъ
accusative *rokotъ *rokota *rokoty
instrumental *rokotъmь, *rokotomь* *rokotoma *rokoty
locative *rokotě *rokotu *rokotěxъ
vocative *rokote *rokota *rokoti
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *рокотъ (*rokotŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: *рокотъ (*rokot)
        • Belarusian: ро́кат (rókat)
        • Ukrainian: ро́кіт (rókit)
      • Russian: ро́кот (rókot)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Sorbian:

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1972) “ро́кот”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Муза – Сят), Moscow: Progress, page 497
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “рокіт”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 119: “псл. *rok-/*rek- ― psl. *rok-/*rek-”
  • Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2006), “ро́кат”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 11 (раб – сая́н), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 179
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