Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čelověkъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kelawaikas, originally a compound. The first part is from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷel- (“crowd, people”), from *kʷel- (“to turn, roll > to travel, settle, cultivate; town”). Cognates include Sanskrit कुल (kula), Ancient Greek τέλος (télos), and Old English scolu. The latter part is akin to Lithuanian vaĩkas (“child”), Latvian vaiks (“boy”) and Old Prussian waiх (“manservant”) (i.e. waiks, with x due to German orthography), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyk-.
Noun
*čelověkъ m[1]
Declension
Declension of *čelověkъ (hard o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *čelověkъ | *čelověka | *čelověci |
genitive | *čelověka | *čelověku | *čelověkъ |
dative | *čelověku | *čelověkoma | *čelověkomъ |
accusative | *čelověkъ | *čelověka | *čelověky |
instrumental | *čelověkъmь, *čelověkomь* | *čelověkoma | *čelověky |
locative | *čelověcě | *čelověku | *čelověcěxъ |
vocative | *čelověče | *čelověka | *čelověci |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Alternative forms
Derived terms
- *čьlověčьjь (“humane”)
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Gluhak, Alemko (1993) “181”, in Hrvatski etimološki rječnik [Croatian Etymology Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: August Cesarec, →ISBN
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*čelověkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 80: “m. o ‘man’”