Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wilkás

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.

Noun

*wilkás m^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

wolf

Inflection

Declension of *wilkás (o-stem, mobile accent)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wilkás	*wilkai	*wilkái
accusative	*wilkan	*wilkai	*wilkōns
genitive	*wilkā	*wilkāu⁽ˀ⁾	*wilkṓn
locative	*wilkái	*wilkāu⁽ˀ⁾	*wilkaišú
dative	*wilkōi	*wilkamā́ˀ	*wilkamás
instrumental	*wilkōˀ	*wilkamā́ˀ	*wilkṓis
vocative	*wilke	*wilkai	*wilkái

In mobile paradigms, forms without an accent marker are enclinomena, which do not have inherent lexical accent.

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latgalian: vylks
- Latvian: vìlks
- Lithuanian: vil̃kas
- Samogitian: vėlks
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: wilkis
- Sudovian: wułks
Proto-Slavic: *vь̑lkъ (see there for further descendants)

References

^ 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: “BSl. *wilkós”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “vilkas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 503: “BSL *wilkós”
^ Kim, Ronald (2018), “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook‎^[1], Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN
^ Balto-Slavic Mobility as an Indo-European Problem, J. Jasanoff

[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: “BSl. *wilkós”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “vilkas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 503: “BSL *wilkós”

[3] Kim, Ronald (2018), “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook‎^[1], Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN

[4] Balto-Slavic Mobility as an Indo-European Problem, J. Jasanoff

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