Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zvǫkъ

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

Possibly from *zvon- +‎ *-kъ

Noun

*zvǫkъ m

1. sound

Declension

Declension of *zvǫkъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zvǫkъ	*zvǫka	*zvǫci
genitive	*zvǫka	*zvǫku	*zvǫkъ
dative	*zvǫku	*zvǫkoma	*zvǫkomъ
accusative	*zvǫkъ	*zvǫka	*zvǫky
instrumental	*zvǫkъmь, *zvǫkomь*	*zvǫkoma	*zvǫky
locative	*zvǫcě	*zvǫku	*zvǫcěxъ
vocative	*zvǫče	*zvǫka	*zvǫci

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

Related terms

• *zvękъ

Descendants

• Church Slavonic: звукъ (zvukŭ) (Russian)

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: звук (zvuk)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: звук (zvuk)
  • Ukrainian: звук (zvuk)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: звук (zvuk)
  • Macedonian: звук (zvuk)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: зву̑к

    Latin script: zvȗk

  • Slovene: zvọ̑k (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: zvuk
    • Czech: zvuk
  • Slovak: zvuk
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: zuk
    • Upper Sorbian: zuk

References

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