Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/lókus

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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-EuropeanEdit

NounEdit

*lókus m^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

pond, pool

InflectionEdit

Athematic, amphikinetic
	singular
nominative	*lókus
genitive	*l̥kwés
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lókus	*lókuh₁(e)	*lókewes
vocative	*lóku	*lókuh₁(e)	*lókewes
accusative	*lókum	*lókuh₁(e)	*lókums
genitive	*l̥kwés	*?	*l̥kwóHom
ablative	*l̥kwés	*?	*l̥kwmós
dative	*l̥kwéy	*?	*l̥kwmós
locative	lóku, lókwi	*?	*l̥kwsú
instrumental	*l̥kwéh₁	*?	*l̥kwbʰí

DescendantsEdit

Balto-Slavic:
- Slavic: *lokỳ (extended with the collective marker *-h₂) (see there for further descendants)
Celtic: *loku
- Old Irish: loch
  - Irish: loch
  - Scottish Gaelic: loch
  - → Brythonic:
    - Old Breton: loch
      - Breton: loc'h
    - Old Welsh: lichou
      - Welsh: llwch
  - → English: lough
Germanic: *laguz, *lahō (see there for further descendants)
Hellenic: *lə́kwos (from the oblique grade)
- Ancient Greek: λάκκος (lákkos)
Italic: *lakus
- Latin: lacus

ReferencesEdit

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “*laku-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 653
^ Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*lokús”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 343
^ 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
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*loku-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 243
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*lagu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 322
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “λάκκος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 827
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “lacus, -ūs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 322-323

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959), “*laku-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 653

[2] Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*lokús”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 343

[3] 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

[4] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*loku-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 243

[5] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*lagu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 322

[6] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “λάκκος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 827

[7] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “lacus, -ūs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 322-323

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