Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/walkás
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This Proto-Indo-Iranian 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-Iranian edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wolko- of uncertain meaning; compare Proto-Slavic *volkъnò (“fiber”) and perhaps Old English wlōh, wlēh (“fringe”), as well as Lithuanian vil̃kti (“to drag, pull”), particularly if the original meaning was "to pull asunder plant fibers".[1][2]
Noun edit
*walkás or walkás m
Declension edit
| masculine a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *walkás | *walkā́ | *walkā́, -ā́s(as) |
| vocative | *walka | *walkā́ | *walkā́, -ā́s(as) |
| accusative | *walkám | *walkā́ | *walkā́ns |
| instrumental | *walkā́ | *walkáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām | *walkā́yš |
| ablative | *walkā́t | *walkáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām | *walkáybʰyas |
| dative | *walkā́y | *walkáybʰyaH, -ā́bʰyām | *walkáybʰyas |
| genitive | *walkásya | *walkáyās | *walkā́na(H)m |
| locative | *walkáy | *walkáyaw | *walkáyšu |
Descendants edit
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *walkás
- Sanskrit: वल्क (valká)
- Proto-Iranian: *warkáh
References edit
- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 548
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 525-6