Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/potokъ

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

Can be analyzed as:

• *po- +‎ *tokъ (“flow, stream”)
• */potekti/ > *poteťi (“to elapse; start flowing”) → o-grade of the verbal stem *potok- + nominalizer *-ъ

Noun

*potokъ m

1. stream, torrent
2. brook (small river)

Declension

Declension of *potokъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*potokъ	*potoka	*potoci
genitive	*potoka	*potoku	*potokъ
dative	*potoku	*potokoma	*potokomъ
accusative	*potokъ	*potoka	*potoky
instrumental	*potokъmь, *potokomь*	*potokoma	*potoky
locative	*potocě	*potoku	*potocěxъ
vocative	*potoče	*potoka	*potoci

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: пато́к (patók)
  • Russian: пото́к (potók)
  • Ukrainian: поті́к (potík)

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: пото́к (potók)
  • Macedonian: по́ток (pótok)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: по̀ток

    Latin script: pòtok

  • Slovene: pótok (tonal orthography)

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: potok
  • Polish: potok
  • Slovak: potok
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian:

• Non-Slavic languages:
  • Hungarian: patak