Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/walkás
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Proto-Indo-Iranian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wolko- of uncertain meaning; compare Proto-Slavic *volkъnò (“fiber”) and perhaps Old English wlōh, wlēh (“fringe”), as well as Lithuanian vil̃kti (“to drag, pull”), particularly if the original meaning was "to pull asunder plant fibers".[1][2]
Noun
[edit]*walkás m
Declension
[edit]masculine a-stem | |||
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singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *walkás | *walkā́ | *walkā́, -ā́s(as) |
vocative | *walka | *walkā́ | *walkā́, -ā́s(as) |
accusative | *walkám | *walkā́ | *walkā́ns |
instrumental | *walkā́ | *walkáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām | *walkā́yš |
ablative | *walkā́t | *walkáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām | *walkáybʰyas |
dative | *walkā́y | *walkáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām | *walkáybʰyas |
genitive | *walkásya | *walkáyās | *walkā́na(H)m |
locative | *walkáy | *walkáyaw | *walkáyšu |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *walkás
- Sanskrit: वल्क (valká)
- Proto-Iranian: *warkáh
References
[edit]- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 548
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 525-6