Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věkъ

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *wáikas, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to overcome”). Cognate with Lithuanian viẽkas (“power, life”).[1][2]

Noun

*vě̑kъ m[3]

  1. age (period of time)

Declension

Declension of *vě̑kъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *vě̑kъ *vě̑ka *vě̑ci
genitive *vě̑ka *věkù *vě̃kъ
dative *vě̑ku *věkomà *věkòmъ
accusative *vě̑kъ *vě̑ka *vě̑ky
instrumental *vě̑kъmь, *vě̑komь* *věkomà *věký
locative *vě̑cě *věkù *věcě̃xъ
vocative *věče *vě̑ka *vě̑ci

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

or

Declension of *vě̑kъ (u-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *vě̑kъ *vě̑ky *vě̑kove
genitive *vě̑ku *věkovù *věkòvъ
dative *vě̑kovi *věkъmà *vě̑kъmъ
accusative *vě̑kъ *vě̑ky *vě̑ky
instrumental *vě̑kъmь *věkъmà *věkъmì
locative *věkú *věkovù *vě̑kъxъ
vocative *věku *vě̑ky *vě̑kove
adjectives

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: вѣкъ (věkŭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: věk
    • Old Polish: wiek
    • Pannonian Rusyn: вик (vik)
    • Slovak: vek
    • Pomeranian:
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: wěk
      • Upper Sorbian: wěk
  • Non-Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “век”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1128-29”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1128-29
  3. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “věkъ věka/věku”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander

Further reading

  • Nikolaev, Sergei L. (2020) «Слово о полку Игореве»: реконструкция стихотворного текста [“The Tale of Igor’s Campaign”: reconstruction of a poetic text]‎[2] (in Russian), Moscow, Saint-Petersburg: Nestor-History, →ISBN, page 260
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