Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tekъ

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 *tekas, from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷos, from *tekʷ- (“to run, flow”). Equivalent to *teťi (“to flow, run”) +‎ *-ъ.

Baltic cognates include Latvian tȩks m (“foot-path”), tȩka f (“foot-path”)

Indo-European cognates include Old Irish intech (“road”)

Noun

*tekъ m

1. course

Inflection

Declension of *tekъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tekъ	*teka	*teci
genitive	*teka	*teku	*tekъ
dative	*teku	*tekoma	*tekomъ
accusative	*tekъ	*teka	*teky
instrumental	*tekъmь, *tekomь*	*tekoma	*teky
locative	*tecě	*teku	*tecěxъ
vocative	*teče	*teka	*teci

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: тёк (tjok)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: текъ (tekŭ)
  • Macedonian: тек (tek)
  • Slovene: tẹ̑k (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: ciek
  • Slovak: tok the course of a river

References

• Derksen, Rick (2015) “teks”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 553
• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 490
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тек”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “теку”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “токъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 973