Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nicati

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 forms

  • *nikati

Etymology

From *nicь +‎ *-ati.

Verb

*nicati

  1. to arise

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: никати (nikati)
    • Russian: ни́кать (níkatʹ) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: níceti, niceti
    • Slovak: nicať

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nicati; *nikati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 352