Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьlkolakъ
Proto-Slavic
Alternative forms
- *vьlkodlakъ
Etymology
Etymology tree
From *vьlkъ (“wolf”) + *-o- + *dolkъ (“skin”). Cognate with Lithuanian vilkolakis (“werewolf”).
Noun
*vьlkolàkъ m[1]
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vьlkolàkъ | *vьlkolàka | *vьlkolàci |
| genitive | *vьlkolàka | *vьlkolàku | *vьlkolàkъ |
| dative | *vьlkolàku | *vьlkolàkoma | *vьlkolàkomъ |
| accusative | *vьlkolàkъ | *vьlkolàka | *vьlkolàky |
| instrumental | *vьlkolàkъmь, *vьlkolàkomь* | *vьlkolàkoma | *vьlkolàkȳ |
| locative | *vьlkolàcě | *vьlkolàku | *vьlkolàcě̄xъ |
| vocative | *vьlkolàče | *vьlkolàka | *vьlkolàci |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: ваўкала́к (vawkalák)
- Russian: волкула́к (volkulák), волкола́к (volkolák), волкодла́к (volkodlák)
- → Yiddish: וואָלקעלאַק (volkelak)
- Ukrainian: вовкула́к (vovkulák), вовкула́ка (vovkuláka)
- Carpathian Rusyn: вовкулака (vovkulaka), вовкун (vovkun)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: въркола́к (vǎrkolák), вълкола́к (vǎlkolák)
- → Aromanian: vãrculac / vurculac
- → Byzantine Greek: βουρκόλακας (bourkólakas)
- Greek: βρικόλακας (vrikólakas)
- → Romanian: vârcolac
- Macedonian врколак (vrkolak)
- → Albanian: vurkollak
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: volkodlȃk (tonal orthography)
- Bulgarian: въркола́к (vǎrkolák), вълкола́к (vǎlkolák)
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016), “volkodlȃk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*vьlkola̋kъ”