Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/potokъ

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Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Deverbal from *poteťi (< *potekti (“to start flowing”)).

Noun

*potokъ m

stream, torrent
brook (small river)

Declension

Declension of *potokъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*potokъ	*potoka	*potoci
genitive	*potoka	*potoku	*potokъ
dative	*potoku	*potokoma	*potokomъ
accusative	*potokъ	*potoka	*potoky
instrumental	potokъmь, potokomь^*	*potokoma	*potoky
locative	*potocě	*potoku	*potocěxъ
vocative	*potoče	*potoka	*potoci

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: пато́к (patók)
- Russian: пото́к (potók)
- Ukrainian: поті́к (potík)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: пото́к (potók)
- Macedonian: по́ток (pótok)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: по̀ток
  
  Latin script: pòtok
- Slovene: pótok (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: potok
  - Czech: potok
- Polish: potok
- Slovak: potok
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian:

Non-Slavic languages:
- Hungarian: patak