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

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	*wílkōˀ	*wilkái⁽ˀ⁾
Accusative	*wílkan	*wílkōˀ	*wílkō⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*wílkā	*wilkā́u⁽ˀ⁾	*wilkṓn
Locative	*wílkai	*wilkā́u⁽ˀ⁾	*wilkáišu
Dative	*wílkōi	*wilkámā⁽ˀ⁾	*wilkámas
Instrumental	*wílkōˀ	*wilkámāˀ	*wilkṓis
Vocative	*wílke	*wílkōˀ	*wilkái⁽ˀ⁾

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, and 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, and 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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