Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/voskъ

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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wáśka (“wax”).

Reconstruction[edit]

The accent paradigm b is preserved in the Old East Slavic monument “Celebnik” with northwestern accentuation: воску̀ (voskù), воску́ же (voskú že), возко́мъ (vozkómŭ)^[1].

Noun[edit]

*vòskъ or *vȍskъ m^[1]^[2]

wax

Inflection[edit]

Declension of *vòskъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*vòskъ	*voskà	*voscì
Accusative	*vòskъ	*voskà	*voskỳ
Genitive	*voskà	*voskù	*vòskъ
Locative	*voscě̀	*voskù	*vòscěxъ
Dative	*voskù	*voskòma	*voskòmъ
Instrumental	voskъ̀mь, voskòmь^*	*voskòma	*vòsky
Vocative	*vošče	*voskà	*voscì

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

Declension of *vȍskъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*vȍskъ	*vȍska	*vȍsci
Accusative	*vȍskъ	*vȍska	*vȍsky
Genitive	*vȍska	*voskù	*vòskъ
Locative	*vȍscě	*voskù	*voscě̃xъ
Dative	*vȍsku	*voskomà	*voskòmъ
Instrumental	vȍskъmь, vȍskomь^*	*voskomà	*voský
Vocative	*vošče	*vȍska	*vȍsci

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

Descendants[edit]

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: воскъ (voskŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: воскъ (vosk)
    - Belarusian: во́ск (vósk)
    - Ukrainian: ві́ск (vísk)
  - Russian: во́ск (vósk)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: воскъ (voskŭ)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰲⱁⱄⰽⱏ (voskŭ)
- Bulgarian: восък (vosǎk)
- Macedonian: восок (vosok)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: во̏сак
  
  Latin: vȍsak
- Slovene: vọ̑sək (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: vosk
  - Czech: vosk
- Old Polish: wosk
  - Polish: wosk
- Slovak: vosk
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: wósk
  - Lower Sorbian: wósk

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Nikolajev, S. L. (2012), “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 138: “*vôskъ, *võskъ”
^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*voskъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 529

[Nikolaev_2012-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Nikolajev, S. L. (2012), “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura‎^[1] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 138: “*vôskъ, *võskъ”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*voskъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 529

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