Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/perdъkъ

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 *perdъ +‎ *-ъkъ.

Noun

*perdъkъ m

1. ancestor, forebear, forefather

   Antonym: *potomъkъ

Inflection

Declension of *perdъkъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*perdъkъ	*perdъka	*perdъci
genitive	*perdъka	*perdъku	*perdъkъ
dative	*perdъku	*perdъkoma	*perdъkomъ
accusative	*perdъkъ	*perdъka	*perdъky
instrumental	*perdъkъmь, *perdъkomь*	*perdъkoma	*perdъky
locative	*perdъcě	*perdъku	*perdъcěxъ
vocative	*perdъče	*perdъka	*perdъci

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

Related terms

adjective

• *perdьnъ

 

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: прѣдъкъ (prědŭkŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱂⱃⱑⰴⱏⰽⱏ (prědŭkŭ)

    • → Old Ruthenian: прѣ́докъ (prě́dok)
      • Belarusian: про́дак (pródak)
      • Ukrainian: пре́док (prédok)
    • → Russian: пре́док (prédok)
  • Bulgarian: предци pl (predci) (plurale tantum)
  • Macedonian: предок (predok)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пре̏дак

    Latin script: prȅdak

  • ⇒ Slovene: prẹ̑dnik (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: přědek
    • Czech: předek
  • Old Polish: przodek
    • Polish: przodek
  • Slovak: predok

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пре́док”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress