Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dikъ

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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 *dʰiHkos > Proto-Balto-Slavic *dīkas > Early Slavic *dīkŭ > Late Slavic *dikъ. Cognates with Lithuanian dỹkas (empty, idle, for free, vacant), Latvian dīks (empty, idle, inactive), Proto-Albanian *dīkā, and possibly Ancient Greek σίκα (síka, pig) (Laconian dialect).

Adjective

*dikъ[1]

  1. wild, untamed
    Synonym: *divъ

Declension

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ди́кий”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Elwira Kaczyńska, W sprawie genezy psł. *dikъ 'dziki', in Etymologica Diachronica Slavica, Mariola Jakubowicz, Beata Raszewska-Żurek, Eds., Instytut Slawistyki PAN, Warszawa 2014, p. 63-72

Noun

*dikъ m

  1. wild animal, especially wild boar

Declension

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dikъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 107