Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sǫkъ

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

Cognate with Lithuanian at-šankė̃, Icelandic hár (“peg, thole pin, spiny fish”), Sanskrit शङ्कु (śaṅkú-, “pointed peg”).

Noun

*sǫkъ m

bough
knot in wood
splinter

Declension

Declension of *sǫ̑kъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*sǫ̑kъ	*sǫ̑ka	*sǫ̑ci
Accusative	*sǫ̑kъ	*sǫ̑ka	*sǫ̑ky
Genitive	*sǫ̑ka	*sǫkù	*sǫ̃kъ
Locative	*sǫ̑cě	*sǫkù	*sǫcě̃xъ
Dative	*sǫ̑ku	*sǫkomà	*sǫkòmъ
Instrumental	sǫ̑kъmь, sǫ̑komь^*	*sǫkomà	*sǫký
Vocative	*sǫče	*sǫ̑ka	*sǫ̑ci

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: сѫкъ (sǫkŭ)
- Belarusian: сук (suk)
- Russian: сук (suk)
- Ukrainian: сук (suk)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: сѫкъ (sǫkŭ)
  Glagolitic: ⱄⱘⰽⱏ (sǫkŭ)
- Bulgarian: сък (sǎk), сънк (sǎnk) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: су̑к
  Latin: sȗk
- Slovene: sọ̑k (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: suk
  - Czech: suk
    - Moravian (Mistřice): suk
- Polish: sęk
- Slovak: suk
- Slovincian: są̃k
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: suk
  - Lower Sorbian: suk

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 463
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “сук”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress