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Russian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old East Slavic вѣнъкъ (věnŭkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *věnъkъ, from *věnъ (“wreath”) + *-ъkъ, details of further origin unclear (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wóh₁y-nós or derived later) but ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- (“to twist, wind, weave”).
Cognate to вен (ven), венец (venec), вейка (vejka), вить (vitʹ), also compare dialectal Latvian vaînuks, vaîņuks (“wreath”).
Cognates in other Slavic languages include Ukrainian віно́к (vinók), Serbo-Croatian vijenac, Czech věnec, etc.
Pronunciation
Noun
вено́к • (venók) m inan (genitive венка́, nominative plural венки́, genitive plural венко́в)
- wreath, garland
Declension
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
ве́нок • (vénok) f anim pl
- genitive/accusative plural of ве́нка (vénka)