Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tekъ

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Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tekas, from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷos, from *tekʷ- (“to run, flow”). Equivalent to *teťi (“to flow, run”) +‎ *-ъ.

Baltic cognates include Latvian tȩks m (“foot-path”), tȩka f (“foot-path”)

Indo-European cognates include Old Irish intech (“road”)

Noun

*tekъ m

  1. course

Inflection

Declension of *tekъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *tekъ *teka *teci
genitive *teka *teku *tekъ
dative *teku *tekoma *tekomъ
accusative *tekъ *teka *teky
instrumental *tekъmь, *tekomь* *tekoma *teky
locative *tecě *teku *tecěxъ
vocative *teče *teka *teci
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: тёк (tjok)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Polish: ciek
    • Slovak: tok the course of a river

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “teks”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 553
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 490
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тек”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “теку”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “токъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 973
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