Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-skъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Probably continuing the inchoative suffix Proto-Indo-European *-skós.
In South Slavic, the suffix underwent splitting *-skъ > *-s(ъ)kъ.
Suffix
*-skъ m
- From expressive or onomatopaeic interjections, forms nouns denoting the respective interjection
- Synonyms: *-kъ, *-pъ
- *piskъ (“peep, squeak”) ← e-grade of *pěti (“to sing”) ← *pi-pi!
- *vyskъ (“neigh”) ← *vyti (“to howl”) ← *vъjь! (“woe, wail”)
- *plěskъ (“splash, sound of slapping”) ← *plěkati (“to clap, to slap”) ← *plě-plě!
- *trěskъ (“clatter”) ← *trakati (“to rattle”) ← *tra-tra!
- *krěskъ (“grunt, scream”) ← *krěkati (“to crack”) ← *krě-krě!
- *driskъ (“burst, spurt”) (pejoratively could mean "turd") ← *derti (“to tear”)
- *sviskъ (“swish, hissing”) ← *svistěti (“to whistle”)
- From inchoative verbs, forms action nouns
- *puskъ (“launch, drop”) ← *puskati (“to let go, to drop”)
- *tiskъ (“pressure, push”) ← *tiskati (“to press, to squeeze”)
- *tъska (“stenosis”) ← *tъsnǫti (“to compress, to damage”)
- *luskъ/*luska (“shell”) ← *luskati (“to peel”)
- *blěskъ (“glimmer”) ← *blьščati (“to shine”)
- *sъblьskъ (“collision”) ← *blьskati (“to push, to dash, to hustle”)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *-skъ | *-ska | *-sci |
| genitive | *-ska | *-sku | *-skъ |
| dative | *-sku | *-skoma | *-skomъ |
| accusative | *-skъ | *-ska | *-sky |
| instrumental | *-skъmь, *-skomь* | *-skoma | *-sky |
| locative | *-scě | *-sku | *-scěxъ |
| vocative | *-šče | *-ska | *-sci |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-skъ