Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rěčь

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.

From lengthened grade *rěk- of *reťi +‎ *-ь.

*rě̑čь f

1. speech

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: рѣчь (rěčĭ, “speech, request”)
    • Belarusian: рэч (reč, “thing”)
    • Russian: речь (rečʹ, “speech, conversation, word”)
    • Ukrainian: річ (rič, “thing, matter, language”)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: рѣчь (rěčĭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱃⱑⱍⱐ (rěčĭ)

  • Bulgarian: реч (reč)
  • Macedonian: реч (reč)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ре̑ч, рије̑ч, ри̑ч

    Latin script: rȇč, rijȇč, rȋč

  • Slovene: rẹ̑č (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: řěč
    • Czech: řeč
  • Old Polish: rzecz
    • Polish: rzecz
    • Silesian: rzecz
  • Slovak: reč
  • Polabian:
    • Klennow: rec
    • Lüchow: reč
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: rzecz
    • Slovincian: rzêcz
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: rěč
    • Lower Sorbian: rěc

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “речь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress