Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grьkъ

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

Back-formation from *grьčьskъ. North Slavic words are more modern borrowings (expected Old Polish *Grzek, Old Czech *Hřek, Old Slovak *Hrk, Upper Sorbian *Hrjek / *Hrjok, Lower Sorbian *Grjek are not attested).

Noun

*grьkъ m (feminine *grьkyni)

1. (South Slavic) Greek

Inflection

Declension of *grьkъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*grьkъ	*grьka	*grьci
genitive	*grьka	*grьku	*grьkъ
dative	*grьku	*grьkoma	*grьkomъ
accusative	*grьkъ	*grьka	*grьky
instrumental	*grьkъmь, *grьkomь*	*grьkoma	*grьky
locative	*grьcě	*grьku	*grьcěxъ
vocative	*grьče	*grьka	*grьci

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

nouns

• *grьčinъ
• *grьkyni

Related terms

adjectives

• *grьčьskъ

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Glagolitic script: ⰳⱃⱐⰽⱏ (grĭkŭ)

    Old Cyrillic script: грькъ (grĭkŭ)

    • Middle Bulgarian: гръкъ (grŭkŭ)
      • Bulgarian: грък (grǎk)
    • Macedonian: Грк (Grk)
    • Church Slavonic: грькъ (grĭkŭ)
    • → Old East Slavic: грькъ (grĭkŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: грекъ (hrek), кгрекъ (grek)
        • Belarusian: грэк (hrek)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: Ґрек (Grek)
        • Ukrainian: грек (hrek)
      • Russian: грек (grek)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: Гр̏к

    Latin script: Gȑk

  • Slovene: Gȓk (tonal orthography)

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Albanian: gërk

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “грек”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grьkъ, *grьčinъ, *grьkyni”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 163