Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/lúkos

This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos (“wolf”).[1]

    Noun

    *lúkos m

    1. wolf

    Inflection

    O-stem, masc./fem.
    singular dual plural
    nominative *lúkos *lúkō *lúkoi
    vocative *lúke *lúkō *lúkoi
    accusative *lúkon *lúkō *lúkons
    genitive *lúkoyyo *lúkoyyun *lúkōn
    dative *lúkōi *lúkoyyun *lúkois
    locative *lúkoi, -ei — *lúkoihi
    instrumental *lúkō — *lúkōis

    Descendants

    • Ancient Greek: λύκος (lúkos)
      • Greek: λύκος (lýkos)
      • Mariupol Greek: лы́кус (lýkus)
      • Tsakonian: λιούκο (lioúko)
      • → Latin: lycos
      • → Samoan: luko (learned)
        • → Tokelauan: luko (learned)
      • ⇒ Translingual: Lycosa

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “λύκος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 877-8
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