Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/potomъkъ

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó

Proto-Balto-Slavic *pa

Proto-Slavic *po

Proto-Indo-European *só

Proto-Balto-Slavic *tas

Proto-Slavic *tъ

Proto-Slavic *tomь

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Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Slavic *-kъ

Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ

Proto-Slavic *potomъkъ

Univerbation of *po +‎ *tomь, literally “after that”, with suffix *-ъkъ.

Noun

*potomъkъ m

descendant, scion
Antonym: *perdъkъ

Inflection

Declension of *potomъkъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*potomъkъ	*potomъka	*potomъci
genitive	*potomъka	*potomъku	*potomъkъ
dative	*potomъku	*potomъkoma	*potomъkomъ
accusative	*potomъkъ	*potomъka	*potomъky
instrumental	potomъkъmь, potomъkomь^*	*potomъkoma	*potomъky
locative	*potomъcě	*potomъku	*potomъcěxъ
vocative	*potomъče	*potomъka	*potomъci

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

Related terms

noun

*potomьstvo

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: потомъкъ (potomŭkŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: пото́мокъ (potómok)
    - Belarusian: пато́мак (patómak)
    - Ukrainian: пото́мок (potómok)
  - Russian: пото́мок (potómok)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: пото́мък (potómǎk)
- Macedonian: потомок (potomok)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: по̀томак
  
  Latin script: pòtomak
- Slovene: potómec (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: potomek
  - Czech: potomek
    - Bohemian (Chod dialect): potomek
- Polish: potomek
- Slovak: potomok
- Sorbian:
  - ⇒ Lower Sorbian: potomnik
  - Upper Sorbian: potomс
    - ⇒ Upper Sorbian: potomnik