Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/perdъkъ

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 *perdъ +‎ *-ъkъ.

Noun

*perdъkъ m

ancestor, forebear, forefather
Antonym: *potomъkъ

Inflection

Declension of *perdъkъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*perdъkъ	*perdъka	*perdъci
genitive	*perdъka	*perdъku	*perdъkъ
dative	*perdъku	*perdъkoma	*perdъkomъ
accusative	*perdъkъ	*perdъka	*perdъky
instrumental	perdъkъmь, perdъkomь^*	*perdъkoma	*perdъky
locative	*perdъcě	*perdъku	*perdъcěxъ
vocative	*perdъče	*perdъka	*perdъci

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

Related terms

adjective

*perdьnъ

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: прѣдъкъ (prědŭkŭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⱂⱃⱑⰴⱏⰽⱏ (prědŭkŭ)
  - → Old Ruthenian: прѣ́докъ (prě́dok)
    - Belarusian: про́дак (pródak)
    - Ukrainian: пре́док (prédok)
  - → Russian: пре́док (prédok)
- Bulgarian: предци pl (predci) (plurale tantum)
- Macedonian: предок (predok)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: пре̏дак
  
  Latin script: prȅdak
- ⇒ Slovene: prẹ̑dnik (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: přědek
  - Czech: předek
- Old Polish: przodek
  - Polish: przodek
- Slovak: predok