Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ritь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From Proto-Indo-European *rēyti-. Cognate with Lithuanian ríetas (“thigh, loin”), Latvian riẽta (“thigh, haunch”), Old Armenian երի (eri).

Noun

*ritь f [1]

buttock

Declension

Declension of *ritь (i-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*ritь	*riti	*riti
Accusative	*ritь	*riti	*riti
Genitive	*riti	ritьju, riťu^*	ritьjь, riti^*
Locative	*riti	ritьju, riťu^*	*ritьxъ
Dative	*riti	*ritьma	*ritьmъ
Instrumental	ritьjǫ, riťǫ^*	*ritьma	*ritьmi
Vocative	*riti	*riti	*riti

^* 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).

Descendants

Church Slavonic: рить (ritĭ, “buttocks”) (Serbian)
East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: рить (ritĭ, “hoof”)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Latin: rȉt
  
  Cyrillic: ри̏т
- Slovene: rȉt (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: řiť
- Polish: rzyć
- Slovak: riť

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ritь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 436: “f. i ‘buttocks’”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ritь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 436: “f. i ‘buttocks’”