Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sьkyľь

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

  • *sěkyľь, *sikyľь

Etymology

By surface analysis, *sьk- +‎ *-yľь. See *sьcati (“to piss”). Roots *sьk- : *sěk- : *sik-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sik- : *saik- : *seik-, from Proto-Indo-European *sikʷ- : *soykʷ- : *seykʷ- (“to moisten”).

Noun

*sь̀kyľь m

  1. (anatomy) clitoris
  2. (anatomy) vulva
    Synonym: *pīzdà
Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *seykʷ- (0 c, 10 e)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic:
      • Middle Russian: сиколь (sikolʹ), сикуль (sikulʹ)
        • Russian: се́киль (sékilʹ), си́кель (síkelʹ)[1]; се́кель (sékelʹ), сикиль (sikilʹ), шикиль (šikilʹ) (dialectal)
      • Old Ruthenian:
    • Old Novgorodian: сѣкꙑль (sěkylĭ)

References

  1. ^ Елистратов, В. С. (2002) “се́киль”, in Словарь русского арго (материалы 1980–1990 гг.) [Dictionary of the Russian Argo] (in Russian), digital edition, Грамота.ру

Further reading

  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “сикель”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 228
  • Artsikhovsky, A. V., Yanin, V. L., Zaliznyak, A. A., et al., editor (1953–2015), Новгородские грамоты на бересте [Novgorod letters on birchbark] (in Russian), Moscow: “сик-, сък-, сьц- ‘mingere’ ― sik-, sʺk-, sʹc- ‘mingere’”
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