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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tukъ

This Proto-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-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tauˀkás, from Proto-Indo-European *towh₂-k-os[1] or *towkos. Cognate with Lithuanian táukas (“tummy, abdomen”) (3rd stress pattern), Latvian tàuks (“fatty”), Old Prussian taukis (“lard”) and possibly related to Proto-Germanic *þeuhą (“thigh”).

Noun

*tȗkъ m[1][2]

  1. fat, lard

Inflection

See also

Derived terms

  • *tuča? (if not a dialectal reflex of *tǫča)
    • Slovene: túča (“fat”) (tonal orthography) (dialectal)
  • *tučьnъ (“rich, abundant”)
    • *tučьnostь (“richness, obesity”)
  • *tyti (“to gain weight”)
  • *tulovъ, *tulubъ (“torso”)
  • *tǫča (“precipitation, flood?”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: тукъ (tukŭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: tuk
    • Old Polish: tuk
    • Slovak: tuk
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: tuk
      • Lower Sorbian: tuk

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*tȗkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 500: “m. o (c) ‘fat’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “tukъ tuka”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c fat (NA 134, 139, 143; SA 26, 42, 94)”
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