Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kako

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 *kakъ.

Adverb

*kako

1. (interrogative, relative) how, in which way

   Synonym: *jako

See also

Type	*kъto	*jь	*jьnъ	*onъ	*ovъ	*sь	*tъ	*vьśь
Time	*kogъda	*jegъda	*jьnogъda	*onogъda	*ovogъda	*segъda	*togъda	*vьśegъda
Place (to)	*kǫda	*jǫdu	*jьnǫdu	*onǫda	*ovǫda	*sǫda	*tǫda	*vьśǫdu
Place (to/in)	*kamo	*jamo	*jьnamo	*onamo	*ovamo	*sěmo	*tamo	*vьśamo
Place (in)	*kъde	*jьde	*jьnъde	*onъde	*ovъde	*sьde	*tu	*vьśьde
Way	*kako	*jako	*jьnako	*onako	*ovako	*sice	*tako	*vьśako
Amount	*koliko	*jeliko	*jьnoliko	*onoliko	*ovoliko	*seliko	*toliko	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: како (kako), какъ (kakŭ)
    • Russian: как (kak)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: как (kak)
  • Macedonian: ка́ко (káko)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ка̏ко, ка̏о

    Latin script: kȁko, kȁo

  • Slovene: kakọ́, kakọ̑ (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: kako, kak
  • Old Polish: kak, kako
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: kak
    • Lower Sorbian: kak

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*kako, *kakъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 9 (*jьz – *klenьje), Moscow: Nauka, page 118