Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/volkъ

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-Balto-Slavic *walkas, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₂)wolk-o, equivalent *velťi (“to drag”) +‎ *-ъ. Cognate with Latvian vàlka (“draught”), Lithuanian valkà (“draught”), Ancient Greek ὁλκός (holkós, “windlass”). Compare German Zug for similar semantic development.

Noun

*vȏlkъ m

1. portage?, dragnet?

Inflection

Declension of *vȏlkъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vȏlkъ	*vȏlka	*vȏlci
genitive	*vȏlka	*volkù	*võlkъ
dative	*vȏlku	*volkomà	*volkòmъ
accusative	*vȏlkъ	*vȏlka	*vȏlky
instrumental	*vȏlkъmь, *vȏlkomь*	*volkomà	*volký
locative	*vȏlcě	*volkù	*volcě̃xъ
vocative	*volče	*vȏlka	*vȏlci

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *velťi
• *volka (“place where something is drawn, pulled”)

Derived terms

• *obolkъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: волокъ (volokŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: волокъ (volok)
    • Russian: во́лок (vólok)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: влак (vlak)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: вла̑к

    Latin script: vlȃk

  • Slovene: vlak
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: vlak
    • Czech: vlak
  • Old Polish: włok
    • Polish: włok
  • Polabian: vlåk
  • Slovak: vlak

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vȏlkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 526
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “во́лок”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress