Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mьlkъ

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mьlkъ

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

See Proto-Slavic *mьlčati (“to be silent”).

Noun

*mьlkъ m

1. quietness

Alternative forms

• *mьlčь f (i-stem)

Declension

Declension of *mьlkъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*mьlkъ	*mьlka	*mьlci
Accusative	*mьlkъ	*mьlka	*mьlky
Genitive	*mьlka	*mьlku	*mьlkъ
Locative	*mьlcě	*mьlku	*mьlcěxъ
Dative	*mьlku	*mьlkoma	*mьlkomъ
Instrumental	*mьlkъmь, *mьlkomь*	*mьlkoma	*mьlky
Vocative	*mьlče	*mьlka	*mьlci

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

• *mьlčati (“to be quiet”)
• *mьlknǫti (“to shut up”)
• *mьlklъ (“not-talkative”)
• *mьlkvъ (“furtive”)
• *mьlkunъ (“furtive, quiet one”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: мо́вком (móvkom) (adverb)
  • Russian: мо́лком (mólkom) (adverb)
• South Slavic:
  • ⇒ Old Church Slavonic: млъкомь (mlŭkomĭ) (adverb)
  • Bulgarian: млък (mlǎk), млъч (mlǎč) (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Bulgarian: тихомъ́лком (tihomǎ́lkom) (adverb)
  • Macedonian: молк (molk)
  • Serbo-Croatian::

    Cyrillic: му̑к

    Latin: mȗk

  • Slovene: mọ̑łk (tonal orthography)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьlkъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 108
• Georgiev V. I., Duridanov I., editor (1995), “млък”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 173
• Snoj, Marko (2016), “mọ̑lk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si