Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wilkás

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.

    Noun

    *wilkás m[1][2][3][4]

    1. wolf

    Inflection

    Declension of *wilkás (o-stem, mobile accent)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *wilkás *wílkōˀ *wilkái(ˀ)
    accusative *wílkan *wílkōˀ *wílkō(ˀ)ns
    genitive *wílkā *wilkā́u(ˀ) *wilkṓn
    locative *wílkai *wilkā́u(ˀ) *wilkáišu
    dative *wílkōi *wilkámā(ˀ) *wilkámas
    instrumental *wílkōˀ *wilkámāˀ *wilkṓis
    vocative *wílke *wílkōˀ *wilkái(ˀ)

    Descendants

    • East Baltic:
      • Latgalian: vylks
      • Latvian: vìlks
      • Lithuanian: vil̃kas
      • Samogitian: vėlks
    • West Baltic:
    • Proto-Slavic: *vь̑lkъ (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ 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:BSl. *wilkós
    2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “vilkas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 503:BSL *wilkós
    3. ^ Kim, Ronald (2018), “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook[1], Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN
    4. ^ Balto-Slavic Mobility as an Indo-European Problem, J. Jasanoff