pàǭkъ

pàǭkъ Grammatical information: m. o Accent paradigm: a Proto-Slavic meaning: `spider'

Church Slavic:

paǫkъ `spider' [m o] \{1\}

Russian:

paúk `spider' [m o], pauká [Gens];

pavók (dial.) `spider' [m o]

Ukrainian:

pavúk `spider' [m o], pavuká [Gens]

Czech:

pavouk `spider' [m o]

Slovak:

pavúk `spider' [m o]

Polish:

pająk `spider' [m o]

Serbo-Croatian:

pȁūk `spider' [m o], pȁūka [Gens];

Čak. pȁūk (Vrgada) `spider' [m o], pȁūka [Gens];

Čak. pȁuk (Orbanići) `spider' [m o], pȁuka [Accs]

Slovene:

pȃjǝk `spider' [m o], pȃjka [Gens];

pȃjok `spider' [m o];

pȃvok `spider' [m o];

pȃvuk `spider' [m o]

Comments: Compound of -> *pa and *ǫk- (-> *ǫkotь). The spider was appatenly named after the shape of its legs.

Notes:

\{1\} Cf. OCS paǫčina, paučina (Ps. Sin.), pajǫčina (Supr.) `spider, spider's web'.