Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zvǫkъ

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

Possibly from *zvon- +‎ *-kъ

Noun

*zvǫkъ m

sound

Declension

Declension of *zvǫkъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*zvǫkъ	*zvǫka	*zvǫci
Accusative	*zvǫkъ	*zvǫka	*zvǫky
Genitive	*zvǫka	*zvǫku	*zvǫkъ
Locative	*zvǫcě	*zvǫku	*zvǫcěxъ
Dative	*zvǫku	*zvǫkoma	*zvǫkomъ
Instrumental	zvǫkъmь, zvǫkomь^*	*zvǫkoma	*zvǫky
Vocative	*zvǫče	*zvǫka	*zvǫci

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

Related terms

*zvękъ

Descendants

Church Slavonic: звукъ (zvukŭ) (Russian)

East Slavic:
- Russian: звук (zvuk)
- Rusyn: звук (zvuk)
- Ukrainian: звук (zvuk)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: звук (zvuk)
- Macedonian: звук (zvuk)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: зву̑к
  Latin: zvȗk
- Slovene: zvọ̑k (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: zvuk
  - Czech: zvuk
- Slovak: zvuk
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: zuk
  - Upper Sorbian: zuk

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “звук”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress