Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zvękъ

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

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Noun

*zvękъ m

1. sound

Declension

Declension of *zvękъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*zvękъ	*zvęka	*zvęci
genitive	*zvęka	*zvęku	*zvękъ
dative	*zvęku	*zvękoma	*zvękomъ
accusative	*zvękъ	*zvęka	*zvęky
instrumental	*zvękъmь, *zvękomь*	*zvękoma	*zvęky
locative	*zvęcě	*zvęku	*zvęcěxъ
vocative	*zvęče	*zvęka	*zvęci

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

Related terms

• *zvǫkъ
• *zvęčati

Descendants

• Church Slavonic: звѧкъ (zvękŭ) (Serbian)

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: звяк (zvjak)
  • Ukrainian: жвяк (žvjak)
• South Slavic:
  • Macedonian: ѕвек (dzvek), ѕвекот (dzvekot)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: зве̑к

    Latin script: zvȇk

• West Slavic:
  • Kashubian: zwãk
  • Old Czech: zvek
  • Old Polish: dźwięk, źwięk
    • Polish: dźwięk
    • Silesian: źwiynk

References

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