Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьkъ

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.

Parallel to *pakъ (“again”), in which case the origin would (probably) be from Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi (“by, at”) + *-kъ (“denotational suffix”), similar to *tukъ (“here”), *takъ (“thus”), *kakъ (“how”) from *tu (“locative specifier”), *tъ (“that one”), *kъjь (“which, who”) + *-kъ.

*pь̀kъ

1. though, however
2. moreover

• *pьkъlъ (“pitch, hell”)

• *a pьkъ (“even though”)
• *nъ pьkъ (“in spite of”)
• *poslě pьkъ (“after that”)

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: пък (pǎk)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: па̏к

    Latin script: pȁk

• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “пък¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 40