Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vojьsko

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

Substantivized from adjective *vojьskъ (“military”) +‎ *-o n.

Noun

*vojьsko n^[1]

army
host

Declension

Declension of *vojьsko (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vojьsko	*vojьscě	*vojьska
genitive	*vojьska	*vojьsku	*vojьskъ
dative	*vojьsku	*vojьskoma	*vojьskomъ
accusative	*vojьsko	*vojьscě	*vojьska
instrumental	vojьskъmь, vojьskomь^*	*vojьskoma	*vojьskȳ
locative	*vojьscě	*vojьsku	*vojьscě̄xъ
vocative	*vojьsko	*vojьscě	*vojьska

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

Descendants

From base form *vȍjьsko:

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: воиско (voisko)
  - Old Ruthenian: во́йско (vójsko)
    - Belarusian: во́йска (vójska)
    - Ukrainian: ві́йсько (víjsʹko)
  - Russian: во́йско (vójsko)
    - → Ingrian: voiska
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: vojsko
  - Czech: vojsko
- Old Polish: wojsko
  - Polish: wojsko
  - Silesian: wojsko
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: wòjskò
  - Slovincian: wòjskò
- Old Slovak: vojsko
  - Pannonian Rusyn: войско (vojsko)
  - Slovak: vojsko

Reanalyzed from collective *vojьskà:

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: воиска (voiska)
- Bulgarian: войска́ (vojská)
- Macedonian: војска (vojska)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: во́јска
  
  Latin script: vójska
- Slovene: vójska

References

^ Snoj, Marko (2016), “vojska”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *vȍjьsko v srednjem spolu, *vojьska̋ v kolektivni obliki”