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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 *vysь (“height”) + *-okъ.
Adjective
*vysòkъ (comparative *vyšьjь)
Declension
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vysokъ | *vysoka | *vysoko |
| genitive | *vysoka | *vysoky | *vysoka |
| dative | *vysoku | *vysocě | *vysoku |
| accusative | *vysokъ | *vysokǫ | *vysoko |
| instrumental | *vysokomь | *vysokojǫ | *vysokomь |
| locative | *vysocě | *vysocě | *vysocě |
| vocative | *vysoče | *vysoko | *vysoko |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *vysoka | *vysocě | *vysocě |
| genitive | *vysoku | *vysoku | *vysoku |
| dative | *vysokoma | *vysokama | *vysokoma |
| accusative | *vysoka | *vysocě | *vysocě |
| instrumental | *vysokoma | *vysokama | *vysokoma |
| locative | *vysoku | *vysoku | *vysoku |
| vocative | *vysoka | *vysocě | *vysocě |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *vysoci | *vysoky | *vysoka |
| genitive | *vysokъ | *vysokъ | *vysokъ |
| dative | *vysokomъ | *vysokamъ | *vysokomъ |
| accusative | *vysoky | *vysoky | *vysoka |
| instrumental | *vysoky | *vysokami | *vysoky |
| locative | *vysocěxъ | *vysokaxъ | *vysocěxъ |
| vocative | *vysoci | *vysoky | *vysoka |
Derived terms
adverbs
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “высо́кий”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “высо́кий”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 173
- Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1993), “высо́кі”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы (in Belarusian), volumes 8 (не́марач – пая́ць), Minsk: Navuka i technika, →ISBN
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “висо́к”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 152
- Gluhak, Alemko (1993) “vìsok”, in Hrvatski etimološki rječnik (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: August Cesarec, →ISBN, page 672
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vysòkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 535