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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věkъ

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 *wáikas. Cognate with Lithuanian viẽkas (“power, life”), according to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to overcome”).[1]

Noun

*vě̃kъ or *vě̑kъ m[2]

  1. age (period of time)

Declension

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adjectives

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: вѣкъ (věkŭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Kashubian: wiek
    • Old Czech: věk
    • Old Polish: wiek
    • Slovak: vek
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: wěk
      • Upper Sorbian: wěk
  • Non-Slavic:

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959), “1128-29”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1128-29
  2. Nikolaev, Sergei L. (2020) «Слово о полку Игореве»: реконструкция стихотворного текста [“The Tale of Igor’s Campaign”: reconstruction of a poetic text]‎ (in Russian), Moscow; Saint-Petersburg: Nestor-History, →ISBN, page 260
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