Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rysь

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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

From earlier *lỳsь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lū́ˀśis, from Proto-Indo-European *lúHḱis, from *lewk-.

Cognate with Lithuanian lūšis, Latvian lūsis and Old Prussian luysis. Further Indo-European cognates are Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx), Old Armenian լուսանունք pl (lusanunkʻ), German Luchs and Old English lox. Note the rhotacism of the initial consonant from "l" to "r" due to Iranian influence, while the other Indo-European cognates did not undergo this change.

Noun

*rỳsь m[1]

  1. lynx

Declension

Declension of *rỳsь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *rỳsь *rỳsi *rỳsьjē, *rỳšē*
genitive *rỳsī *rỳsьju, *rỳšu* *rỳsьjь, *rỳsī*
dative *rỳsi *rỳsьma *rỳsьmъ
accusative *rỳsь *rỳsi *rỳsi
instrumental *rỳsьmь *rỳsьma *rỳsьmī
locative *rỳsī *rỳsьju, *rỳšu* *rỳsьxъ
vocative *rysi *rỳsi *rỳsьjē, *rỳšē*

* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: рꙑсь (rysĭ), рꙑсъ (rysŭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⱃⱏⰺⱄⱐ (rysĭ), ⱃⱏⰺⱄⱏ (rysŭ)
    • Serbo-Croatian: rȉs / ри̏с
    • Slovene: rȋs (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: rys
    • Old Polish: ryś
    • Old Slovak: rys
    • Pomeranian:
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: rys
      • Lower Sorbian: rys
  • Non-Slavic:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Klotz, Emanuel (2017) “*rū̱͘ su / *rū̱͘ si «rysъ» / «rysь»”, in Urslawisches Wörterbuch [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in German), 1st edition, Wien: Facultas, →ISBN, page 189

Further reading

  • Verweij, Arno (1994) “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics)‎[1], volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., page 538
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