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]^[2]

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).

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

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lokỳ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 284: “f. ū (b?) ‘puddle’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “loky, A. lokъvь, G. lokъve”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b puddle (NA 130, 142; SA 22)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lokỳ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 284: “f. ū (b?) ‘puddle’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “loky, A. lokъvь, G. lokъve”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b puddle (NA 130, 142; SA 22)”

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