Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krikъ

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-Indo-European *(s)kreik-, ultimately of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *hraigrô (“heron”), Welsh crëyr (“heron”), Ancient Greek κρίζω (krízō, “to creak, screech”), Latvian krikа (“laughing”).

Noun

*krȋkъ m

cry, scream

Declension

Declension of *krȋkъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*krȋkъ	*krȋka	*krȋci
Accusative	*krȋkъ	*krȋka	*krȋky
Genitive	*krȋka	*krikù	*krĩkъ
Locative	*krȋcě	*krikù	*kricě̃xъ
Dative	*krȋku	*krikomà	*krikòmъ
Instrumental	krȋkъmь, krȋkomь^*	*krikomà	*kriký
Vocative	*kriče	*krȋka	*krȋci

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

Related terms

*kričati

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: крикъ (krikŭ)
  - Russian: крик (krik)
  - Ukrainian: крик (kryk)
  - Belarusian крык (kryk)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: крикъ (krikŭ)
- Macedonian: крик (krik)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: кри̑к
- Slovene: krȋk (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: křik
  - Czech: křik
    - Moravian (Mistřice): křik
- Polish: krzyk
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: křik
  - Lower Sorbian: kśik

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “крик”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress