Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/perdъkъ

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 *perdъ +‎ *-ъkъ.[1]

Noun

*perdъkъ m

  1. ancestor, forebear, forefather
    Antonym: *potomъkъ

Inflection

Declension of *perdъkъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *perdъkъ *perdъka *perdъci
genitive *perdъka *perdъku *perdъkъ
dative *perdъku *perdъkoma *perdъkomъ
accusative *perdъkъ *perdъka *perdъky
instrumental *perdъkъmь, *perdъkomь* *perdъkoma *perdъky
locative *perdъcě *perdъku *perdъcěxъ
vocative *perdъče *perdъka *perdъci

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

adjective

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: прѣдъкъ (prědŭkŭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⱂⱃⱑⰴⱏⰽⱏ (prědŭkŭ)
    • Bulgarian: предци pl (predci) (plurale tantum)
    • Macedonian: предок (predok)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: пре̏дак
      Latin script: prȅdak
    • Slovene: prẹ̑dnik (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “przodek”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 495

Further reading

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