Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/wŕ̥kas

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Proto-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Cognate with Latin lupus, Proto-Germanic *wulfaz (whence English wolf).

Noun

*wŕ̥kas m

  1. wolf

Declension

masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wŕ̥kas *wŕ̥kā *wŕ̥kā, -ās(as)
vocative *wŕ̥ka *wŕ̥kā *wŕ̥kā, -ās(as)
accusative *wŕ̥kam *wŕ̥kā *wŕ̥kāns
instrumental *wŕ̥kā *wŕ̥kaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām *wŕ̥kāyš
ablative *wŕ̥kāt *wŕ̥kaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām *wŕ̥kaybʰyas
dative *wŕ̥kāy *wŕ̥kaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām *wŕ̥kaybʰyas
genitive *wŕ̥kasya *wŕ̥kayās *wŕ̥kāna(H)m
locative *wŕ̥kay *wŕ̥kayaw *wŕ̥kayšu

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wŕ̥kas[1]
    • Sanskrit: वृक (vṛ́ka) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Iranian: *wŕ̥kah (see there for further descendants)
  • → Proto-Mordvinic: *vərgas

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vŕ̊ka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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