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.^[1]

Noun

*zvǫkъ m

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
- Old Slovak: zvuk
  - Pannonian Rusyn: звук (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

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

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