Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/lúkʷos

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This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

A corruption of *wĺ̥kʷos, possibly as a taboo deformation meant to offset the fear usually associated with the animal. In daughter languages only attested in Italic and Greek.

Noun

*lúkʷos m (non-ablauting)

Alternative form of *wĺ̥kʷos

Inflection

Thematic
	singular
nominative	*lúkʷos
genitive	*lúkʷosyo
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lúkʷos	*lúkʷoh₁	*lúkʷoes
vocative	*lúkʷe	*lúkʷoh₁	*lúkʷoes
accusative	*lúkʷom	*lúkʷoh₁	*lúkʷoms
genitive	*lúkʷosyo	*?	*lúkʷoHom
ablative	*lúkʷead	*?	lúkʷomos, lúkʷobʰos
dative	*lúkʷoey	*?	lúkʷomos, lúkʷobʰos
locative	lúkʷey, lúkʷoy	*?	*lúkʷoysu
instrumental	*lúkʷoh₁	*?	*lúkʷōys

Descendants

Proto-Hellenic: *lúkos (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Italic: *lukʷos (see there for further descendants)