Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/groxotъ

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

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

*groxotъ m

rumble, thud

Inflection

Declension of *groxotъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*groxotъ	*groxota	*groxoti
Accusative	*groxotъ	*groxota	*groxoty
Genitive	*groxota	*groxotu	*groxotъ
Locative	*groxotě	*groxotu	*groxotěxъ
Dative	*groxotu	*groxotoma	*groxotomъ
Instrumental	groxotъmь, groxotomь^*	*groxotoma	*groxoty
Vocative	*groxote	*groxota	*groxoti

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: грохот (groxot)
- Ukrainian: гро́хiт (hróxit)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic: грохотъ (groxotŭ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: гро̏хот
West Slavic:
- Czech: hrochot (obsolete)
- Polish: grochot

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “гро́хот”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

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