Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/klikati

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *klīˀkāˀtei. Cognate with Lithuanian klỹkti (to scream, to yell) (1sg. klykiù), kli̇̀kti (to shriek, to cry out) (1sg. klinkù), klýkoti (to scream, to yell), klýkauti (to shout), Latvian klĩkât (to scream loudly (in a forest)), klìekt (to shout loudly). Vasmer adds as cognates Middle High German līen, līhen (to speak, to inform), Old English hlīgan (to ascribe). Per Trubachev, onomatopoeic.

Verb

*klìkati impf[1][2]

  1. to cry out, to call

Inflection

Alternative forms

  • *klìťi
  • *klìcati

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: кликати (klikati) (11th century), кликоша (klikoša) (aorist)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: klíčeti

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*klikati I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 41
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кли́кать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*klìkati; *klìcati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 225:v. (a) ‘cry out, call’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “?klicati”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (MP 27)