Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vъnukъ

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

Probably related to Lithuanian anūkas and possibly to Ancient Greek ἔγγονος (éngonos).

Noun

*vъnukъ m

grandson

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: вънукъ (vŭnukŭ)
  - Belarusian: уну́к (unúk)
  - Russian: внук (vnuk)
  - Rusyn: внук (vnuk)
  - Ukrainian: ону́к (onúk)

South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: внук (vnuk)
- Macedonian: внук (vnuk)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: у̀нук
  
  Latin: ùnuk
- Slovene: vnuk

West Slavic:
- Czech: vnuk
- Old Polish: wnęk
  - Polish: wnuk
- Slovak: vnuk
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: wnuk
  - Upper Sorbian: wnuk

Non-Slavic languages:
- Hungarian: unoka

References

Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “внук”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vъnukъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 530

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