Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/volkъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *walkas, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₂)wolk-o, equivalent *velťi (“to drag”) + *-ъ. Cognate with Latvian vàlka (“draught”), Lithuanian valkà (“draught”), Ancient Greek ὁλκός (holkós, “windlass”). Compare German Zug for similar semantic development.
Noun
*vȏlkъ m
Inflection
Declension of *vȏlkъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vȏlkъ | *vȏlka | *vȏlci |
| genitive | *vȏlka | *volkù | *võlkъ |
| dative | *vȏlku | *volkomà | *volkòmъ |
| accusative | *vȏlkъ | *vȏlka | *vȏlky |
| instrumental | *vȏlkъmь, *vȏlkomь* | *volkomà | *volký |
| locative | *vȏlcě | *volkù | *volcě̃xъ |
| vocative | *volče | *vȏlka | *vȏlci |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
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Descendants
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- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vȏlkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 526
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “во́лок”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress