Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/walkás

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 This Proto-Indo-Iranian 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-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wolko- of uncertain meaning; compare Proto-Slavic *volkъnò (“fiber”) and perhaps Old English wlōh, wlēh (“fringe”), as well as Lithuanian vil̃kti (“to drag, pull”), particularly if the original meaning was "to pull asunder plant fibers".

Noun

*walkás or walkás m

  1. bark, leaf

Declension

masculine a-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *walkás *walkā́ *walkā́, -ā́s(as)
vocative *walka *walkā́ *walkā́, -ā́s(as)
accusative *walkám *walkā́ *walkā́ns
instrumental *walkā́ *walkáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām *walkā́yš
ablative *walkā́t *walkáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām *walkáybʰyas
dative *walkā́y *walkáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām *walkáybʰyas
genitive *walkásya *walkáyās *walkā́na(H)m
locative *walkáy *walkáyaw *walkáyšu

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *walkás
  • Proto-Iranian: *warkáh

References

  1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 548
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 525-6
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