Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zakonъ

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 *za- (“for”) +‎ *konъ (“term, end”), literally meaning “for an end” → “final position, term”.

Noun

*zakonъ m

1. law

Declension

Declension of *zakonъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zakonъ	*zakona	*zakoni
genitive	*zakona	*zakonu	*zakonъ
dative	*zakonu	*zakonoma	*zakonomъ
accusative	*zakonъ	*zakona	*zakony
instrumental	*zakonъmь, *zakonomь*	*zakonoma	*zakony
locative	*zakoně	*zakonu	*zakoněxъ
vocative	*zakone	*zakona	*zakoni

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

Derived terms

• *zakonьnikъ (“law-maker, lawyer, canon”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: законъ (zakonŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: зако́нъ (zakón)
      • Belarusian: зако́н (zakón)
      • Ukrainian: зако́н (zakón)
    • Russian: зако́н (zakón), зако́нъ (zakón) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
      • → Armenian: զակոն (zakon)
      • → Evenki: закон (zakon)
      • → Ingrian: zakona
      • → Kalmyk: закан (zakan)
      • → Khakas: закон (zakon)
      • → Kildin Sami: законн (zakonn)
      • → Northern Kurdish: zagon
      • → Southern Altai: зако́н (zakón)
      • → Uzbek: zakon
      • → Yakut: сокуон (sokuon)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: законъ (zakonŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰸⰰⰽⱁⱀⱏ (zakonŭ)

  • Bulgarian: зако́н (zakón)
  • Macedonian: закон (zakon)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: за́кон

    Latin script: zákon

  • Slovene: zákon
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: zákon
    • Czech: zákon
  • Old Polish: zakon
    • Polish: zakon
  • Slovak: zákon

References

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