Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/věkъ

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 Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to overcome”). Compare Lithuanian viẽkas, veikiù, veĩkti, véikus, veiklus, vỹkis, vikrùs, Latvian vèicu, vèikt, veikls, Proto-Germanic *wīhaz, Latin vincō (“win, conquer”).

Noun

*věkъ m

age (period of time)

Declension

Declension of *věkъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*věkъ	*věka	*věci
Accusative	*věkъ	*věka	*věky
Genitive	*věka	*věku	*věkъ
Locative	*věcě	*věku	*věcěxъ
Dative	*věku	*věkoma	*věkomъ
Instrumental	věkъmь, věkomь^*	*věkoma	*věky
Vocative	*věče	*věka	*věci

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

Derived terms

*věčьnъ

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: век (vjek)
- Russian: век (vek)
- Ukrainian: вік (vik)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: вѣкъ (věkŭ)
- Bulgarian: век (vek)
- Macedonian: век (vek)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: вије̑к, ве̑к
  
  Roman: vijȇk, vȇk
- Slovene: vék
West Slavic:
- Czech: věk
- Polish: wiek
- Slovak: vek

References

Vasmer's Etymological Dictionary

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