Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/skokъ

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *skakas, from Proto-Indo-European *skok-ó-s (“shock, leap”), from *skek- (“to leap”). Akin to English shake and German schicken.

Noun

*skòkъ m

1. leap

Declension

Declension of *skòkъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*skòkъ	*skokà	*skocì
genitive	*skokà	*skokù	*skòkъ
dative	*skokù	*skokòma	*skokòmъ
accusative	*skòkъ	*skokà	*skokỳ
instrumental	*skokъ̀mь, *skokòmь*	*skokòma	*skòky
locative	*skocě̀	*skokù	*skòcěxъ
vocative	*skoče	*skokà	*skocì

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

Related terms

• *skakati
• *skočiti

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: скокъ (skokŭ)
    • Russian: скок (skok)
    • Ukrainian: скік (skik)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: скок (skok)
  • Macedonian: скок (skok)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ско̑к

    Latin script: skȏk

  • Slovene: skȍk (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: skok
    • Czech: skok
  • Polabian: skük
  • Polish: skok
  • Slovak: skok
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: skok
    • Upper Sorbian: skok

Further reading

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