Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/loky

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 Proto-Indo-European *lókus. Cognate with Ancient Greek λάκκος (lákkos, “pond”), Latin lacus (“lake”), Proto-Celtic *loku, Proto-Germanic *laguz.

Noun

*lokỳ f

1. puddle

Inflection

Declension of *lokỳ (hard v-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lokỳ	*lokъ̀vi	*lokъ̀vi
genitive	*lokъ̀ve	*lokъ̀vu	*lokъ̀vъ
dative	*lokъ̀vi	*lokъ̀vьma, *lokъ̀vama*	*lokъ̀vьmъ, *lokъ̀vamъ*
accusative	*lokъ̀vь	*lokъ̀vi	*lokъ̀vi
instrumental	*lokъ̀vьjǫ, *lokъ̀vľǭ**	*lokъ̀vьma, *lokъ̀vama*	*lokъ̀vьmī, *lokъ̀vamī*
locative	*lokъ̀ve	*lokъ̀vu	*lokъ̀vьxъ, *lokъ̀vaxъ*
vocative	*lokỳ	*lokъ̀vi	*lokъ̀vi

^* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

See also

• *loka
  • *ločьka

Descendants

• South Slavic
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: локъви (lokŭvi, gen.sg.)

    Glagolitic script: ⰾⱁⰽⱏⰲⰹ (lokŭvi, gen.sg.)

  • Bulgarian: ло́ква (lókva)
  • Macedonian: локва (lokva)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ло̏ква

    Latin script: lȍkva

    • Chakavian (Novi): lȍkva
    • Chakavian (Vrgada): lȍkva
  • Slovene: lọ̄kev (tonal orthography), lọ̄kva