колк

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъlkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kaukāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *klHk(ᵂ)-(n)-, related to Serbo-Croatian kuk (“thigh, hip”), Bulgarian кълка (kǎlka, “hip”), Russian колк (kolk, “bony stump”), Latvian kulksnis (“hock”), Lithuanian kulksnis (“ankle”), Old Prussian culczi (“hip”), and possibly Latin calx (“heel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɔɫk]

Noun

колк • (kolk) m

1. hip

Declension

Declension of колк

	singular	plural
indefinite	колк	колкови
definite unspecified	колкот	колковите
definite proximal	колков	колковиве
definite distal	колкон	колковине
vocative	колку	колкови
count form	—	колка

References

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN