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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьlkъ

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 *wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.

Noun

*vь̑lkъ m[1][2][3]

  1. wolf

Declension
Declension of *vь̑lkъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *vь̑lkъ *vь̑lka *vь̑lci
Accusative *vь̑lkъ *vь̑lka *vь̑lky
Genitive *vь̑lka *vьlkù *vь̃lkъ
Locative *vь̑lcě *vьlkù *vьlcě̃xъ
Dative *vь̑lku *vьlkomà *vьlkòmъ
Instrumental *vь̑lkъmь, *vь̑lkomь* *vьlkomà *vьlký
Vocative *vьlče *vь̑lka *vь̑lci
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
  • *vьlčica (“she-wolf”)
  • *vьlkolakъ (“werewolf”)
  • *vьlčiťь (“a small wolf”)
  • *vьlčьjь (“lupine”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: вълкъ (vŭlkŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: вовкъ (vovk), во́лкъ (vólk)
        • Belarusian: воўк (voŭk)
        • Rusyn: вовк (vovk)
        • Ukrainian: вовк (vovk); вівк (vivk) (dialectal)
      • Russian: волк (volk)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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: “m. o (c) ‘wolf ’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “vьlkъ vьlka”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c wolf (NA 99f.; SA 147, 167; PR 137)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016), “vọ̑lk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*vь̑lkъ”
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