Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lъkno

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 *lukna. Cognate with Lithuanian lū̃gnė, lùgnė, lùknė (“yellow water-lily”).

Noun

*lъkno n

1. water-lily

Declension

Declension of *lъkno (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lъkno	*lъkně	*lъkna
genitive	*lъkna	*lъknu	*lъknъ
dative	*lъknu	*lъknoma	*lъknomъ
accusative	*lъkno	*lъkně	*lъkna
instrumental	*lъknъmь, *lъknomь*	*lъknoma	*lъkny
locative	*lъkně	*lъknu	*lъkněxъ
vocative	*lъkno	*lъkně	*lъkna

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: локно́ (loknó) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: локно́ (loknó) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: lekno
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: lekno
    • ⇒ Czech: leknín
  • Slovak: lekno

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lъkno”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 294