Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьlkolakъ
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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 *vьlkъ (“wolf”) + *dolkъ (“skin”).
Noun
*vьlkolàkъ m[1]
Inflection
Declension of *vьlkolàkъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)
| 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 (vaŭkalák)
- Russian: волкула́к (volkulák)
- Ukrainian: вовкула́ка (vovkuláka)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: върколак (vǎrkolak)
- Byzantine Greek: βουρκόλακας (bourkólakas)
- Greek: βρικόλακας (vrikólakas)
- Byzantine Greek: βουρκόλακας (bourkólakas)
- Macedonian врколак (vrkolak)
- Serbo-Croatian: vukòdlak
- Slovene: vołkodlȃk (tonal orthography)
- Bulgarian: върколак (vǎrkolak)
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “volkodlȃk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*vьlkola̋kъ”