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”).

Noun

*vě̃kъ or *vě̑kъ m

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.

Related terms

adjectives

• *věčьnъ (“eternal”)

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: вѣкъ (věkŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: вѣкъ (věk)
      • Belarusian: век (vjek)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: вік (vik)
      • Ukrainian: вік (vik)
    • Middle Russian: вѣкъ (věk)
      • Russian: век (vek)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: вѣкъ (věkŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰲⱑⰽⱏ (věkŭ)

  • Bulgarian: век (vek)
  • Macedonian: век (vek)
  • Serbo-Croatian: ве̑к
  • Slovene: vék
• West Slavic:
  • Kashubian: wiek
  • Old Czech: věk
    • Czech: věk
  • Old Polish: wiek
    • Polish: wiek
    • Silesian: wiek
  • Slovak: vek
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: wěk
    • Upper Sorbian: wěk

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Romanian: veac