Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mьlkъ

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

See Proto-Slavic *mьlčati (“to be silent”).

Noun

*mьlkъ m

1. quietness

Alternative forms

• *mьlčь f (i-stem)

Declension

Declension of *mьlkъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mьlkъ	*mьlka	*mьlci
genitive	*mьlka	*mьlku	*mьlkъ
dative	*mьlku	*mьlkoma	*mьlkomъ
accusative	*mьlkъ	*mьlka	*mьlky
instrumental	*mьlkъmь, *mьlkomь*	*mьlkoma	*mьlky
locative	*mьlcě	*mьlku	*mьlcěxъ
vocative	*mьlče	*mьlka	*mьlci

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

Derived terms

• *mьlčati (“to be quiet”)
• *mьlknǫti (“to shut up”)
• *mьlklъ (“not-talkative”)
• *mьlkvъ (“furtive”)
• *mьlkunъ (“furtive, quiet one”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: мо́вком (móvkom) (adverb)
  • Russian: мо́лком (mólkom) (adverb)
• South Slavic:
  • ⇒ Old Church Slavonic: млъкомь (mlŭkomĭ) (adverb)
  • Bulgarian: млък (mlǎk), млъч (mlǎč) (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Bulgarian: тихомъ́лком (tihomǎ́lkom) (adverb)
  • Macedonian: молк (molk)
  • Serbo-Croatian::

    Cyrillic script: му̑к

    Latin script: mȗk

  • Slovene: mọ̑łk (tonal orthography)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьlkъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 108
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “млък”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 173
• Snoj, Marko (2016) “mọ̑lk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si