Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rokъ

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 *reťi (“to speak, say”) +‎ *-ъ, with semantic development "speech" > "fate" > "time, year" similar to that seen in Latin fātum. Cognate with Old Lithuanian rãkas (“time, limit, end”), Latvian raks (“goal, limit”), which are probably borrowed from Slavic.[1]

    Noun

    *rȍkъ m[1][2]

    1. time, term
    2. (North Slavic) year

    Inflection

    Declension of *rȍkъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *rȍkъ *rȍka *rȍci
    genitive *rȍka *rokù *ròkъ
    dative *rȍku *rokomà *rokòmъ
    accusative *rȍkъ *rȍka *rȍky
    instrumental *rȍkъmь, *rȍkomь* *rokomà *roký
    locative *rȍcě *rokù *rocě̃xъ
    vocative *roče *rȍka *rȍci

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

    Derived terms

    • *rečenьcь (“term, deadline”)

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: рокъ (rokŭ)
    • South Slavic:
    • West Slavic:
      • Old Czech: rok
      • Old Polish: rok
      • Old Slovak: rok
      • Pomeranian:
      • Sorbian:
        • Lower Sorbian: rok

    See also

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*rokъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 438: “m. o ‘time’”
    2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016), “rọ̑k”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*rȍkъ”

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “рок”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
    • Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “рок”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
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