Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zvękъ

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

Related to *zvǫkъ (“sound”), see there for more.^[1]^[2]

Noun

*zvękъ m

sound

Declension

Declension of *zvękъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zvękъ	*zvęka	*zvęci
genitive	*zvęka	*zvęku	*zvękъ
dative	*zvęku	*zvękoma	*zvękomъ
accusative	*zvękъ	*zvęka	*zvęky
instrumental	zvękъmь, zvękomь^*	*zvękoma	*zvęky
locative	*zvęcě	*zvęku	*zvęcěxъ
vocative	*zvęče	*zvęka	*zvęci

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

Related terms

*zvǫkъ
*zvęčati

Descendants

Church Slavonic: звѧкъ (zvękŭ) (Serbian)

East Slavic:
- Russian: звяк (zvjak)
- Ukrainian: дзвяк (dzvjak)
South Slavic:
- Macedonian: ѕвек (dzvek), ѕвекот (dzvekot)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: зве̑к
  
  Latin script: zvȇk
West Slavic:
- Kashubian: zwãk
- Old Czech: zvek
- Old Polish: dźwięk, źwięk
  - Polish: dźwięk
  - Silesian: źwiynk

References

^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “dźwięk”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 147
^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “звук”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

[1] Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “dźwięk”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 147

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

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