Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věnъkъ

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 *věnъ (“wreath”) +‎ *-ъkъ.

Noun

*věnъkъ m

1. wreath

Inflection

Declension of *věnъkъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*věnъkъ	*věnъka	*věnъci
genitive	*věnъka	*věnъku	*věnъkъ
dative	*věnъku	*věnъkoma	*věnъkomъ
accusative	*věnъkъ	*věnъka	*věnъky
instrumental	*věnъkъmь, *věnъkomь*	*věnъkoma	*věnъky
locative	*věnъcě	*věnъku	*věnъcěxъ
vocative	*věnъče	*věnъka	*věnъci

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: вѣнъкъ (věnŭkŭ)
    • Belarusian: вяно́к (vjanók)
    • Russian: вено́к (venók)
    • Ukrainian: віно́к (vinók)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: vínek
  • Kashubian: wiónk
  • Old Polish: wianek
    • Polish: wianek
  • Sorbian
    • >? Upper Sorbian: wěnc

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вено́к”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress