Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/znakъ

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 *znati (“to know”) +‎ *-kъ.

Noun

*znakъ m

1. sign
2. symbol

Inflection

Declension of *znakъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*znakъ	*znaka	*znaci
genitive	*znaka	*znaku	*znakъ
dative	*znaku	*znakoma	*znakomъ
accusative	*znakъ	*znaka	*znaky
instrumental	*znakъmь, *znakomь*	*znakoma	*znaky
locative	*znacě	*znaku	*znacěxъ
vocative	*znače	*znaka	*znaci

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

Derived terms

• *značiti
• *značenьje

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: знакъ (znakŭ)
    • Belarusian: знак (znak)
    • Russian: знак (znak)
    • Ukrainian: знак (znak)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: знакъ (znakŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰸⱀⰰⰽⱏ (znakŭ)

  • Bulgarian: знак (znak)
  • Macedonian: знак (znak)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: зна̑к

    Latin script: znȃk

  • Slovene: znȃk
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: znak
    • Czech: znak
  • Old Polish: znak
    • Polish: znak
    • Silesian: znak
  • Slovak: znak
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: znak
    • Slovincian: znak

Further reading

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