Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/porkъ

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 *perti +‎ *-kъ.

Noun

*porkъ m

1. sling

   Synonym: *porťa

Inflection

Declension of *porkъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*porkъ	*porka	*porci
genitive	*porka	*porku	*porkъ
dative	*porku	*porkoma	*porkomъ
accusative	*porkъ	*porka	*porky
instrumental	*porkъmь, *porkomь*	*porkoma	*porky
locative	*porcě	*porku	*porcěxъ
vocative	*porče	*porka	*porci

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

Related terms

• *porťa (“sling”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: порокъ (porokŭ)
    • Russian: порок (porok)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: prak
  • Old Polish: prok
  • Slovak: prak
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: prok
    • Lower Sorbian: prok

Further reading

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