Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zvękъ

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

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Noun

*zvękъ m

sound

Declension

Declension of *zvękъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*zvękъ	*zvęka	*zvęci
Accusative	*zvękъ	*zvęka	*zvęky
Genitive	*zvęka	*zvęku	*zvękъ
Locative	*zvęcě	*zvęku	*zvęcěxъ
Dative	*zvęku	*zvękoma	*zvękomъ
Instrumental	zvękъmь, zvękomь^*	*zvękoma	*zvęky
Vocative	*zvęče	*zvęka	*zvęci

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

Related terms

*zvǫkъ
*zvęčati

Descendants

Church Slavonic: звѧкъ (zvękŭ) (Serbian)

East Slavic:
- Russian: звяк (zvjak)
- Ukrainian: дзвяк (dzvjak)
South Slavic:
- Macedonian: ѕвек (dzvek), ѕвекот (dzvekot)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: зве̑к
  
  Latin: zvȇk
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: zvek
- Old Polish: źwięk
  - Polish: dźwięk (with onomatopoetic d, since 16th century)
- Silesian: źwiynk

References

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

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