Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-skъ

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

Probably continuing the inchoative suffix Proto-Indo-European *-skós.

In South Slavic, the suffix underwent splitting *-skъ > *-s(ъ)kъ.

Suffix

*-skъ m

1. From expressive or onomatopaeic interjections, forms nouns denoting the respective interjection

   Synonyms: *-kъ, *-pъ

   *piskъ (“peep, squeak”) ← e-grade of *pěti (“to sing”) ← *pi-pi!

   *vyskъ (“neigh”) ← *vyti (“to howl”) ← *vъjь! (“woe, wail”)

   *plěskъ (“splash, sound of slapping”) ← *plěkati (“to clap, to slap”) ← *plě-plě!

   *trěskъ (“clatter”) ← *trakati (“to rattle”) ← *tra-tra!

   *krěskъ (“grunt, scream”) ← *krěkati (“to crack”) ← *krě-krě!

   *driskъ (“burst, spurt”) (pejoratively could mean "turd") ← *derti (“to tear”)

   *sviskъ (“swish, hissing”) ← *svistěti (“to whistle”)

2. From inchoative verbs, forms action nouns

   *puskъ (“launch, drop”) ← *puskati (“to let go, to drop”)

   *tiskъ (“pressure, push”) ← *tiskati (“to press, to squeeze”)

   *tъska (“stenosis”) ← *tъsnǫti (“to compress, to damage”)

   *luskъ/*luska (“shell”) ← *luskati (“to peel”)

   *blěskъ (“glimmer”) ← *blьščati (“to shine”)

   *sъblьskъ (“collision”) ← *blьskati (“to push, to dash, to hustle”)

Declension

Declension of *-skъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*-skъ	*-ska	*-sci
genitive	*-ska	*-sku	*-skъ
dative	*-sku	*-skoma	*-skomъ
accusative	*-skъ	*-ska	*-sky
instrumental	*-skъmь, *-skomь*	*-skoma	*-sky
locative	*-scě	*-sku	*-scěxъ
vocative	*-šče	*-ska	*-sci

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

See also

• *-kati
• *-kъ
• *-ьskъ
• *voskъ (“wax”), *ploskъ (“flat”)

Derived terms

Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-skъ