Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/loky
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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
From Proto-Indo-European *lókus. Cognate with Ancient Greek λάκκος (lákkos, “pond”), Latin lacus (“lake”), Proto-Celtic *loku, Proto-Germanic *laguz.
Noun
Inflection
Declension of *lokỳ (hard v-stem, accent paradigm b)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lokỳ | *lokъ̀vi | *lokъ̀vi |
| genitive | *lokъ̀ve | *lokъ̀vu | *lokъ̀vъ |
| dative | *lokъ̀vi | *lokъ̀vьma, *lokъ̀vama* | *lokъ̀vьmъ, *lokъ̀vamъ* |
| accusative | *lokъ̀vь | *lokъ̀vi | *lokъ̀vi |
| instrumental | *lokъ̀vьjǫ, *lokъ̀vľǭ** | *lokъ̀vьma, *lokъ̀vama* | *lokъ̀vьmī, *lokъ̀vamī* |
| locative | *lokъ̀ve | *lokъ̀vu | *lokъ̀vьxъ, *lokъ̀vaxъ* |
| vocative | *lokỳ | *lokъ̀vi | *lokъ̀vi |
* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
See also
Descendants
- South Slavic
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Bulgarian: ло́ква (lókva)
- Macedonian: локва (lokva)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: lọ̄kev (tonal orthography), lọ̄kva
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lokỳ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 284: “f. ū (b?) ‘puddle’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “loky, A. lokъvь, G. lokъve”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b puddle (NA 130, 142; SA 22)”