Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/makъ

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 *māken (ЭССЯ) or *meh₂kos (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?); further etymology is uncertain. Possibly ultimately a (substrate) Mediterranean word. Morphologically equivalent to *majati (“fig. to enchant, to charm”) +‎ *-kъ (cf Bulgarian омайниче (“avens”)), however, it is uncertain if the two lemmas are semantically related.

Cognate with Ancient Greek μήκων (mḗkōn, “poppy”) (Doric μάκων (mákōn)), Old Irish meccun (“carrot, parsnip”), Irish meacan, Proto-Germanic *mōhô (“poppy”) (> Old High German māho, mago, Middle High German mage, German Mohn, Old Saxon maho).

• Borrowed from Germanic: Lithuanian aguonà, maguonà, Latvian magone
• Borrowed from Baltic: Estonian magun, Livonian maggon

Noun

*màkъ m

1. poppy

Declension

Declension of *màkъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*màkъ	*màka	*màci
genitive	*màka	*màku	*màkъ
dative	*màku	*màkoma	*màkomъ
accusative	*màkъ	*màka	*màky
instrumental	*màkъmь, *màkomь*	*màkoma	*màkȳ
locative	*màcě	*màku	*màcě̄xъ
vocative	*màče	*màka	*màci

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

See also

• *maklenъ

Derived terms

• Nouns:
  • *makuxъ/*makuxa
  • *makuša
    • *makušьka
• Adjectives:
  • *makovьnъ
    • *makovьnikъ
    • *makovьnica
  • *makovъ
    • *makovьje
    • *makovišče
    • *makovina, *makovinьje
    • *makovica
    • *makovъka
    • *makovьcь
• Compounds:
  • *makoluskъ/*makoluščь
  • *makogonъ
  • *makovьrtъ
  • *makotręsъ
  • *makotrǫsъ
  • *makodera
  • *makotira
  • *makoterъ/*makoterь
  • *makotьrъ/*makotьra
  • *makotьrtь

Descendants

• Church Slavonic: макъ (makŭ)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: макъ (makŭ)
    • Belarusian: мак (mak)
    • Russian: мак (mak)
    • Ukrainian: мак (mak)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: макъ (makŭ)?
  • Bulgarian: мак (mak)
  • Macedonian: мак (mak)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ма̏к

    Latin script: mȁk

  • Slovene: mȁk, mȃk (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: mák
    • Czech: mák
    • Knaanic: מק (mak)
  • Kashubian: mak
  • Old Polish: mak
    • Polish: mak
  • Slovak: mak
  • Slovincian: mak
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: mak
    • Lower Sorbian: mak

• → Old Prussian: moke (“poppy”) (probably from Polish)
• → Greek: μάκος (mákos)
• → Romanian: mac
• → Hungarian: mák

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мак”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “мак”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 503
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*makъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 149