Where does “рік” come from?

рік (Ukrainian) comes from Old East Slavic рокъ, from Proto-Slavic rokъ, from Proto-Slavic reťi — to say.

рік (Ukrainian): year time it takes for the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun

Definitions

  1. year time it takes for the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun

Ancestry of “рік”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicрокъ—
2Proto-Slavicrokъtime, term; year
3Proto-Slavicreťito say

Words derived from “рік”

Every word from Proto-Slavic reťi →Every word from Proto-Slavic rokъ →Every word from Old East Slavic рокъ →