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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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Ukrainian: новак (novak)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: novák
    • Polish: nowak (archaic), Nowak
    • Slovak: novák (archaic), Novák

Further reading

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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