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

Noun

*vě̃kъ or *vě̑kъ m[2]

  1. age (period of time)

Declension
Declension of *vě̃kъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *vě̃kъ *vě̄kà *vě̄cì
genitive *vě̄kà *vě̄kù *vě̃kъ
dative *vě̄kù *vě̄kòma *vě̄kòmъ
accusative *vě̃kъ *vě̄kà *vě̄kỳ
instrumental *vě̄kъ̀mь, *vě̄kòmь* *vě̄kòma *vě̃ky
locative *vě̄cě̀ *vě̄kù *vě̃cěxъ
vocative *věče *vě̄kà *vě̄cì
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
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.
adjectives

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

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1128-29”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1128-29
  2. Nikolaev, Sergei L. (2020) «Слово о полку Игореве»: реконструкция стихотворного текста [“The Tale of Igor’s Campaign”: reconstruction of a poetic text]‎ (in Russian), Moscow, Saint-Petersburg: Nestor-History, →ISBN, page 260
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