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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bokъ

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

If the original meaning was "rib", the word is cognate with Latin baculum, Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría), Proto-Celtic *bakkos (“hook”), presumably from Proto-Indo-European *bak-.[1]

Kroonen, as usual, considers a Germanic borrowing: from Proto-West Germanic *bakō (“back”).[2] Vasmer dismisses this possibility for phonetic and semantic reasons.

Noun

*bokъ m[3]

  1. side

Declension
Declension of *bokъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *bokъ *boka *boci
genitive *boka *boku *bokъ
dative *boku *bokoma *bokomъ
accusative *bokъ *boka *boky
instrumental *bokъmь, *bokomь* *bokoma *boky
locative *bocě *boku *bocěxъ
vocative *boče *boka *boci
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old Ruthenian: бокъ (bok)
    • Russian: бок (bok)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: хълбок (hǎlbok), бок (bok) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian: бок (bok)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: бо̑к
      Latin script: bȏk
    • Slovene: bòk
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: bok
    • Old Polish: bok
      • Masurian: bok (“side”)
      • Polish: bok
      • Silesian: bok
    • Pomerian:
    • Slovak: bok
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: bok
      • Upper Sorbian: bok

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bokъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 170
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бок”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References
  1. Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бок”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*baka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 48
  3. Olander, Thomas (2001) “bokъ boka”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “d (OSA 140; PR 137; RPT 84)”
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