Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьlkъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.
Noun
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vь̑lkъ | *vь̑lka | *vь̑lci |
| genitive | *vь̑lka | *vьlkù | *vь̃lkъ |
| dative | *vь̑lku | *vьlkomà | *vьlkòmъ |
| accusative | *vь̑lkъ | *vь̑lka | *vь̑lky |
| instrumental | *vь̑lkъmь, *vь̑lkomь* | *vьlkomà | *vьlký |
| locative | *vь̑lcě | *vьlkù | *vьlcě̃xъ |
| vocative | *vьlče | *vь̑lka | *vь̑lci |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *vьlčę̀ (“wolf cub”)
- *vьlčiťь (“a small wolf”)
- *vьlčьjь (“lupine”)
- *vьlčìna (“wolf meat and skin”)
- *vьlkolakъ (“werewolf”)
Related terms
- *vьlčìca (“she-wolf”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “волк”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vь̑lkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 537: “m. o (c) ‘wolf ’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “vьlkъ vьlka”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c wolf (NA 99f.; SA 147, 167; PR 137)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “vọ̑lk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*vь̑lkъ”