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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/znakъ

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 *znati (“to know”) +‎ *-kъ.

Noun

*znakъ m[1][2]

  1. sign
  2. symbol

Inflection
Declension of *znakъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *znakъ *znaka *znaci
genitive *znaka *znaku *znakъ
dative *znaku *znakoma *znakomъ
accusative *znakъ *znaka *znaky
instrumental *znakъmь, *znakomь* *znakoma *znaky
locative *znacě *znaku *znacěxъ
vocative *znače *znaka *znaci
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: знакъ (znakŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: знакъ (znakŭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⰸⱀⰰⰽⱏ (znakŭ)
    • Bulgarian: знак (znak)
    • Macedonian: знак (znak)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: зна̑к
      Latin script: znȃk
    • Slovene: znȃk
  • West Slavic:

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

References
  1. Olander, Thomas (2001) “znakъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “d sign (PR 137; RPT 99, 101f.)”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016) “znȃk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *znȃkъ”
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