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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vъnukъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Probably related to Lithuanian anūkas and possibly to Ancient Greek ἔγγονος (éngonos).
Noun
*vъnùkъ m
- grandson
Inflection
Declension of *vъnùkъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *vъnùkъ | *vъnùka | *vъnùci |
| Accusative | *vъnùkъ | *vъnùka | *vъnùky |
| Genitive | *vъnùka | *vъnùku | *vъnùkъ |
| Locative | *vъnùcě | *vъnùku | *vъnùcě̄xъ |
| Dative | *vъnùku | *vъnùkoma | *vъnùkomъ |
| Instrumental | *vъnùkъmь, *vъnùkomь* | *vъnùkoma | *vъnùkȳ |
| Vocative | *vъnùče | *vъnùka | *vъnùci |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
See also
Proto-Slavic family terms
| *sěmьja, *rodina (“family”) | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| parent | *otъ, *otьcь (“father”) nursery: *tata | *mati (“mother”) nursery: *mama |
| sibling | *bratrъ (“brother”) | *sestra (“sister”) |
| child | *synъ (“son”) | *dъťi (“daughter”) |
| grandparent | – (“grandfather”) nursery: *dědъ; *nana | *ova (“grandmother”) nursery: *baba; *nena |
| grandchild | *vъnukъ (“grandson”) | *vъnuka (“granddaughter”) |
| stepparent | *otьčimъ (“stepfather”) | *maťexa (“stepmother”) |
| stepchild | *pastorъkъ (“stepson”) | *pastorъka (“stepdaughter”) |
| father's sibling | *strъjь (“paternal uncle”) nursery: *dada; *lola | – (“paternal aunt”) nursery: *teta; *lelja |
| mother's sibling | *ujь (“maternal uncle”) nursery: *dada; *lola | – (“maternal aunt”) nursery: *teta; *lelja |
| sibling's child | *netьjь (“nephew”) | *nestera (“niece”) |
| spouse | *mǫžь (“husband”) | *žena (“wife”) |
| parent of wife | *tьstь (“father-in-law (wife's father)”) | *tьšča (“mother-in-law (wife's mother)”) |
| parent of husband | *svekrъ (“father-in-law (husband's father)”) | *svekry (“mother-in-law (husband's father)”) |
| sibling of wife | *šurь (“brother-in-law (wife's brother)”) | *svěstь, *svьstь (“sister-in-law (wife's sister)”) |
| sibling of husband | *děverь (“brother-in-law (husband's brother)”) | *zъly (“sister-in-law (husband's sister)”) |
| spouse of child | *zętь (“son-in-law (daughter's husband)”) | *snъxa (“daughter-in-law (son's wife)”) |
| spouse of husband's brother | – | *ętry (“sister-in-law (husband's brother's wife)”) |
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: вънукъ (vŭnukŭ)
- Belarusian: уну́к (unúk), ўну́к (ŭnúk)
- → Latgalian: unuks
- Russian: внук (vnuk), внукъ (vnuk)
- → Ingrian: vunukka
- → Komi-Zyrian: внук (vnuk)
- Rusyn: внук (vnuk)
- Ukrainian: ону́к (onúk), вну́к (vnúk), уну́к (unúk)
- Belarusian: уну́к (unúk), ўну́к (ŭnúk)
- Old Novgorodian: вънуке (vŭnuke)
- Old East Slavic: вънукъ (vŭnukŭ)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: внук (vnuk)
- Macedonian: внук (vnuk)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: у̀нук
- Latin: ùnuk
- Slovene: vnuk
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: vnuk
- Czech: vnuk
- Old Polish: wnęk, wnuk
- Polish: wnuk
- Slovak: vnuk
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: wnuk
- Upper Sorbian: wnuk
- Old Czech: vnuk
- Non-Slavic languages:
- Chuvash: мăнук (mănuk)
- Hungarian: unoka
- Eastern Mari: уныка (unyka)
- Tatar: онык (onıq)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “внук”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vъnukъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 530