Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/groxotъ
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Proto-Slavic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compare Lithuanian grekšėti (“to creak”), Old High German krahhon (“to crash”), further Lithuanian girgždėti and Sanskrit गर्जति (gárjati, “to thunder”).
Some scholars, (Mladenov), argue for an onomatopoeic origin.
Noun[edit]
*groxotъ m
Inflection[edit]
Declension of *groxotъ (hard o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *groxotъ | *groxota | *groxoti |
genitive | *groxota | *groxotu | *groxotъ |
dative | *groxotu | *groxotoma | *groxotomъ |
accusative | *groxotъ | *groxota | *groxoty |
instrumental | *groxotъmь, *groxotomь* | *groxotoma | *groxoty |
locative | *groxotě | *groxotu | *groxotěxъ |
vocative | *groxote | *groxota | *groxoti |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants[edit]
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References[edit]
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гро́хот”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress