Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věnikъ

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 *věnъ (“wreath”) +‎ *-ikъ.

Noun

*věnikъ m

  1. wreath

Inflection

Declension of *věnikъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *věnikъ *věnika *věnici
genitive *věnika *věniku *věnikъ
dative *věniku *věnikoma *věnikomъ
accusative *věnikъ *věnika *věniky
instrumental *věnikъmь, *věnikomь* *věnikoma *věniky
locative *věnicě *věniku *věnicěxъ
vocative *věniče *věnika *věnici

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: вѣникъ (věnikŭ)
      • Belarusian: ве́нік (vjénik, “broom”)
      • Russian: ве́ник (vénik, “broom”)
      • Ukrainian: ві́ник (vínyk, “broom”)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: вѣникъ (věnikŭ)
    • Slovene: venik
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech:
      • Czech: věník
      • → Old Polish: wienik

Further reading

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