Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/novakъ

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 *novъ (“new”) +‎ *-akъ. Cognate with Lithuanian naujõkas (“novice”), Ancient Greek νέᾱκος (néākos, “young man”).

Noun

*novãkъ m[1]

  1. novice

Declension

Declension of *novãkъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *novãkъ *novākà *novācì
genitive *novākà *novākù *novãkъ
dative *novākù *novākòma *novākòmъ
accusative *novãkъ *novākà *novākỳ
instrumental *novākъ̀mь, *novākòmь* *novākòma *novãky
locative *novācě̀ *novākù *novãcěxъ
vocative *novače *novākà *novācì

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Ukrainian: новак (novak)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*novakъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 225
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “новак”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 671

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*novákъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 357: “m. o ‘novice’”
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