Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/česnъkъ

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

From *česnъ +‎ *-ъkъ.

Noun

*česnъkъ m

garlic

Declension

Declension of *česnъkъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*česnъkъ	*česnъka	*česnъci
Accusative	*česnъkъ	*česnъka	*česnъky
Genitive	*česnъka	*česnъku	*česnъkъ
Locative	*česnъcě	*česnъku	*česnъcěxъ
Dative	*česnъku	*česnъkoma	*česnъkomъ
Instrumental	česnъkъmь, česnъkomь^*	*česnъkoma	*česnъky
Vocative	*česnъče	*česnъka	*česnъci

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *чеснъкъ (*česnŭkŭ), чеснокъ (česnokŭ)
  - Belarusian: часно́к (časnók), часны́к (časnýk)
  - Russian: чесно́к (česnók)
  - Ukrainian: часни́к (časnýk)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: чесън (česǎn)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Latin: česának, čèšnjāk
  Cyrillic: чесњак, чѐшња̄к
- Slovene: češnják
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: česnek
  - Czech: česnek
- Polish: czosnek
- Slovak: cesnak
- Slovincian:

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “чесно́к”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Chernykh, P. (1993), “чеснок”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*česnъkъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 90