Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/ankas

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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ónkos (“bend, turn”).

Noun edit

*ankas m^[1]^[2]

hook, loop

Inflection edit

Declension of *ankas (o-stem, unknown accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*ankas	*ankōˀ	*ankai⁽ˀ⁾
Accusative	*ankan	*ankōˀ	*ankō⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*ankā	*ankāu⁽ˀ⁾	*ankōn
Locative	*ankai	*ankāu⁽ˀ⁾	*ankaišu
Dative	*ankōi	*ankamā⁽ˀ⁾	*ankamas
Instrumental	*ankōˀ	*ankamāˀ	*ankōis
Vocative	*anke	*ankōˀ	*ankai⁽ˀ⁾

Descendants edit

East Baltic:
- Latvian: añka
- Lithuanian: ánka
Proto-Slavic: *ǫkotь (< *ankatis) (see there for further descendants)

References edit

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ǫkotь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 386: “*h₂onk-”
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “anka”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 56: “*onk-”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ǫkotь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 386: “*h₂onk-”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “anka”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 56: “*onk-”

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