Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vykati

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 *vyti (“to howl”) +‎ *-kati. Cognate with Latvian ūkšuot (“to shout”), Lithuanian ūkáuti, ū́kčioti (“to call, to evoke”), Proto-Germanic *auhjōną (“to make noise”).

Similar to Russian ау́кать (aúkatʹ, “to shout "auh!"”), formed in the same manner from the interjection ау (au, “wow, wail”).

*vykáti impf (perfective *vyknǫti)^[1] (South Slavic)

1. to shout, to yell
2. to evoke

• *vykačь (agent noun)
• *vykadlo (instrumental noun)

• *vyzgati, *vizgati (“to neigh”)
• *vykъ, *vykotъ (“shout”)

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: вꙑкати (vykati)
  • Bulgarian: ви́кам (víkam)
  • Macedonian: вика (vika)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ви́кати

    Latin script: víkati

  • Slovene: vīkati (tonal orthography)

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “викам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 147