Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/znakъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *znati (“to know”) +‎ *-kъ

Noun

*znakъ m

sign
symbol

Inflection

Declension of *znakъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*znakъ	*znaka	*znaci
Accusative	*znakъ	*znaka	*znaky
Genitive	*znaka	*znaku	*znakъ
Locative	*znacě	*znaku	*znacěxъ
Dative	*znaku	*znakoma	*znakomъ
Instrumental	znakъmь, znakomь^*	*znakoma	*znaky
Vocative	*znače	*znaka	*znaci

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

Descendants

Church Slavonic: знакъ (znakŭ)

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: знакъ (znakŭ)
  - Belarusian: знак (znak)
  - Russian: знак (znak)
  - Ukrainian: знак (znak)

South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: знак (znak)
- Macedonian: знак (znak)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: зна̑к
  
  Latin: znȃk
- Slovene: znȃk

West Slavic:
- Czech: znak
- Polish: znak
- Slovak: znak

References

Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “знак”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress

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