Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kulikъ

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

Noun

*kulikъ m

1. wading bird, shorebird

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old Ruthenian: куликъ (kulik)
    • Belarusian: кулі́к (kulík, “wader”)
    • Ukrainian: кулик (kulyk, “wader”)
  • Russian: кулик (kulik, “wader”)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: kulík
    • Czech: kulík
  • Polish: kulik (“curlew”)
  • Slovak: kulík (“plover”)

• Non-Slavic:
  • Romanian: culic

Further reading

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