Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/česnikъ

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

From *česnъ (“garlic”) +‎ *-ikъ.

Noun

*česnìkъ m

  1. (dialectal) garlic

Declension

Declension of *česnikъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *česnikъ *česnika *česnici
genitive *česnika *česniku *česnikъ
dative *česniku *česnikoma *česnikomъ
accusative *česnikъ *česnika *česniky
instrumental *česnikъmь, *česnikomь* *česnikoma *česniky
locative *česnicě *česniku *česnicěxъ
vocative *česniče *česnika *česnici

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Ukrainian: часни́к (časnýk); чесник (česnyk), чеснік (česnik), чисник (čysnyk), чісни́к (čisnýk), чосни́к (čosnýk) (rare, dialectal)
      • →? Polish: czosnyk, cesnik (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Slovene: česník
  • West Slavic:
    • >? Czech: česnik (dialectal)

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*česnikъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 88
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “часни́к”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 282
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