Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věkъ

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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).

Noun

*vě̃kъ or *vě̑kъ m

  1. age (period of time)

Declension

Related terms

adjectives

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: вѣкъ (věkŭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
  • 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, pages 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