Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pǫkъ

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

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According to Vasmer, cognate with Persian پنگ (pang, “date palm cluster”) and Latin pānus (“millet ear”).

Noun

*pǫkъ m

1. wisp?, bunch?, bundle?

Declension

Declension of *pǫkъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pǫkъ	*pǫka	*pǫci
genitive	*pǫka	*pǫku	*pǫkъ
dative	*pǫku	*pǫkoma	*pǫkomъ
accusative	*pǫkъ	*pǫka	*pǫky
instrumental	*pǫkъmь, *pǫkomь*	*pǫkoma	*pǫky
locative	*pǫcě	*pǫku	*pǫcěxъ
vocative	*pǫče	*pǫka	*pǫci

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: пукъ (pukŭ)
    • Belarusian: пук (puk)
    • Russian: пук (puk)
    • Ukrainian: пук (puk)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: puk
  • Kashubian: pãk
  • Old Polish: pąk
    • Polish: pąk, pęk
    • Silesian: pōnk
  • Slovak: puk
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: puk
    • Upper Sorbian: pukawc

Further reading

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