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 edit

Etymology edit

From *znati (“to know”) +‎ *-kъ.

Noun edit

*znakъ m^[1]^[2]

sign
symbol

Inflection edit

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 edit

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: знакъ (znakŭ)
  - Belarusian: знак (znak)
  - Russian: знак (znak)
  - Ukrainian: знак (znak)
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
  - Kajkavian (Varaždin): znạ̑k
  - Kajkavian (Ozalj): znȃk
- Slovene: znȃk
  - Rovte dialect (Črni vrh, Idrija): znȃk
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: znak
  - Czech: znak
- Old Polish: znak
  - Polish: znak
- Slovak: znak

References edit

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

[1] Olander, Thomas (2001) “znakъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], 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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