Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pǫkъ

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

According to Vasmer, cognate with Persian پنگ (pang, “date palm cluster”) and Latin pānus (“millet ear”). Pokorny derives all of these from Proto-Indo-European *pang-, *pank- (“to swell”).[1]

Noun

*pǫkъ m

  1. wisp?, bunch?, bundle?

Declension

Declension of *pǫkъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *pǫkъ *pǫka *pǫci
genitive *pǫka *pǫku *pǫkъ
dative *pǫku *pǫkoma *pǫkomъ
accusative *pǫkъ *pǫka *pǫky
instrumental *pǫkъmь, *pǫkomь* *pǫkoma *pǫky
locative *pǫcě *pǫku *pǫcěxъ
vocative *pǫče *pǫka *pǫci

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: пукъ (pukŭ)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: puk
    • Kashubian: pãk
    • Old Polish: pąk
    • Slovak: puk
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: puk
      • Upper Sorbian: pukawc

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “789”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 789

Further reading

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