Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rysь

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 *lewk-. Cognate with Latvian lūsis, Lithuanian lūšis and Old Prussian luysis. Further Indo-European cognates are Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx), Armenian լուսան (lusan), German Luchs and Old English lox. Note the rhotacism of the initial consonant from "l" to "r" due to Iranian influence, while the other Indo-European cognates did not undergo this change.

Noun

*rỳsь m

lynx

Declension

Declension of *rỳsь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*rỳsь	*rỳsi	rỳsьjē, rỳšē^*
Accusative	*rỳsь	*rỳsi	*rỳsi
Genitive	*rỳsī	rỳsьju, rỳšu^*	rỳsьjь, rỳsī^*
Locative	*rỳsī	rỳsьju, rỳšu^*	*rỳsьxъ
Dative	*rỳsi	*rỳsьma	*rỳsьmъ
Instrumental	*rỳsьmь	*rỳsьma	*rỳsьmī
Vocative	*rysi	*rỳsi	rỳsьjē, rỳšē^*

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: рꙑсь (rysĭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: рысь (rysʹ)
    - Belarusian: рысь f (rysʹ)
    - Rusyn: рысь m (rŷsʹ)
    - Ukrainian: рись f (rysʹ)
  - Russian: рысь (rysʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: рꙑсь (rysĭ)
- Bulgarian: рис (ris)
- Macedonian: рис (ris)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: ри̏с
  Latin: rȉs
- Slovene: rȋs (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: rys
  - Czech: rys
    - Moravian (Mistřice): ris
- Kashubian: ris
- Polish: ryś
- Slovak: rys
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: lys
  - Lower Sorbian: lys

Non-Slavic:
- Romanian: râs

References

Verweij, Arno (1994), “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics)‎, volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., page 538