Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/lankás

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 edit

Etymology edit

An o-stem derivative of *lenk- (to bend), with no certain cognates outside of Balto-Slavic.[1][2] See *lénktei (to bend; to twine) for more.

Noun edit

*lankás m

  1. bow

Descendants edit

  • East Baltic:
    • Latgalian: lūks
    • Latvian: loks
    • Lithuanian: lañkas
  • West Baltic:
    • Old Prussian: lunkis (angle)
  • Proto-Slavic: *lǫ̑kъ (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “lankas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 273
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lǫ̑kъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 289:m. o (c) ‘bow’