< Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic

Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bojьkъ

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

Form an earlier u-stem adjective *bojъ + *-ьkъ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (to fight). Formally equivalent to Lithuanian bajùs (terrible),[1] which is from the same PIE root but from another meaning to frighten (whence are Proto-Slavic *bojati (to fear), *bojaznь (fear)). The later is attested relatively late, though.

Adjective

*bojьkъ

  1. feisty, ready for fight
  2. brisky, energetic

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: бо́йкий (bójkij)
    • Ukrainian: бійкий (bijkyj)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: бояк (bojak)
      • Bulgarian: бойко (bojko, bravely, energetically) (adverb)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: бо̀јак
      Latin script: bòjak

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2015) “bajus”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 77
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.