Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pokojь

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 *po- +‎ *kojь, the second part from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoyh₁-o-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“rest, peace”).

Noun

*pokòjь m

1. rest (break from working)

Inflection

Declension of *pokòjь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pokòjь	*pokòja	*pokòji
genitive	*pokòja	*pokòju	*pokòjь
dative	*pokòju	*pokòjema	*pokòjēmъ
accusative	*pokòjь	*pokòja	*pokòję̇
instrumental	*pokòjьmь, *pokòjemь*	*pokòjema	*pokòjī
locative	*pokòji	*pokòju	*pokòjīxъ
vocative	*pokòju	*pokòja	*pokòji

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *počiti

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: покои (pokoi)
    • Old Ruthenian: поко́й (pokój)
      • Belarusian: пако́й (pakój), спако́й (spakój), супако́й (supakój)
      • Ukrainian: по́кій (pókij), спо́кій (spókij)
    • Russian: поко́й (pokój)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: покои (pokoi)

    Glagolitic script: ⱂⱁⰽⱁⰻ (pokoi)

    • Bulgarian: поко́й (pokój)
    • Macedonian: покој (pokoj), спокој (spokoj)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: по̀кој, спо̀кој

    Latin: pòkoj, spòkoj

  • Slovene: pókoj, pokȍj (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: pokoj
    • Czech: pokoj
  • Old Polish: pokój
    • Polish: pokój
    • Silesian: pokōj
  • Old Slovak: pokoj
    • Pannonian Rusyn: покой (pokoj)
    • Slovak: pokoj
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: pòkój
    • Slovincian: pôkój
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: pokoj
    • Upper Sorbian: pokoj