Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/voskъ

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 *wáśka (“wax”).

Reconstruction

The accent paradigm b is preserved in the Old East Slavic monument “Celebnik” with northwestern accentuation: воску̀ (voskù), воску́ же (voskú že), возко́мъ (vozkómŭ).

Noun

*vòskъ or *vȍskъ m

1. wax

Inflection

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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vòskъ	*voskà	*voscì
genitive	*voskà	*voskù	*vòskъ
dative	*voskù	*voskòma	*voskòmъ
accusative	*vòskъ	*voskà	*voskỳ
instrumental	*voskъ̀mь, *voskòmь*	*voskòma	*vòsky
locative	*voscě̀	*voskù	*vòscěxъ
vocative	*vošče	*voskà	*voscì

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

Declension of *vȍskъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vȍskъ	*vȍska	*vȍsci
genitive	*vȍska	*voskù	*vòskъ
dative	*vȍsku	*voskomà	*voskòmъ
accusative	*vȍskъ	*vȍska	*vȍsky
instrumental	*vȍskъmь, *vȍskomь*	*voskomà	*voský
locative	*vȍscě	*voskù	*voscě̃xъ
vocative	*vošče	*vȍska	*vȍsci

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: воскъ (voskŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: воскъ (vosk)
      • Belarusian: во́ск (vósk)
      • Ukrainian: ві́ск (vísk)
    • Russian: во́ск (vósk)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: воскъ (voskŭ)

    Glagolitic: ⰲⱁⱄⰽⱏ (voskŭ)

  • Bulgarian: восък (vosǎk)
  • Macedonian: восок (vosok)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: во̏сак

    Latin script: vȍsak

  • Slovene: vọ̑sək (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: vosk
    • Czech: vosk
  • Old Polish: wosk
    • Polish: wosk
  • Polabian: våsk
  • Slovak: vosk
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: wósk
    • Lower Sorbian: wósk

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “воск”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “воск”, 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 168