Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rygati

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.

• *rigati

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *rūˀgā́ˀtei, by Winter's law from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rug-, from the root *h₁rewg-. Cognate with Lithuanian ráugėti (“to belch”), Latvian raûgâtiês (“to belch”), Lithuanian rū́gti (“to turn sour, to regurgitate acid”) (1sg. rū́giu), Latvian rûgt (“to ferment?”), Ancient Greek ἐρεύγομαι (ereúgomai, “to vomit, to disgorge, to belch out, to discharge, to roar”), ἐρυγγάνω (erungánō, “to regurgitate”), Latin rūgiō (“to roar”) (infinitive rūgīre), ērūgō (“to belch, to disgorge noisily”) (infinitive ērūgere), ructō (“to vomit, to spit out”) (infinitive ructāre), Persian آروغ (ârôğ, “belch”), Old English rocettan (“to belch”), Old Armenian ործամ (orcam, “to belch, to vomit”).

Some descendants reflect a proto-form *rigati. Per Derksen, this form may stem from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rjūˀg-, with an analogical -j- taken from *rjauˀg-, the expected development of full-grade Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewg-, as in dialectal Lithuanian riáugėti (“to turn sour”) (1sg. riáugmi).

*rygati

1. to belch

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: рыга́ць (ryhácʹ)
  • Russian: рыга́ть (rygátʹ, “to belch, (dialectal) to weep, to sob”), 1sg. рыга́ю (rygáju)
  • Ukrainian: рига́ти (ryháty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: отъригати (otŭrigati, “to disgorge (words)”)

    Glagolitic:

  • Bulgarian: ри́гам (rígam, “to belch, to vomit”) (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Bulgarian: орѝгвам се (orìgvam se)
  • Macedonian: рига (riga, “to belch, to vomit”)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: рѝгати (“to belch”), 1sg. рѝга̄м

    Latin: rìgati (“to belch”), 1sg. rìgām

  • Slovene: rígati (“to belch, to throw up, to bray”) (tonal orthography), 1sg. rȋgam (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: říhati
    • Czech: říhat (“to belch”)
  • Polish: rzygać (“to throw up”)
  • Silesian: rzigać
  • Slovak: rihať (“to belch”)
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: rihać
    • Lower Sorbian: rygaś

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*rygati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 441
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “рыга́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress