From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lak- . Cognate with Lithuanian làkti ( “ to lap ” ) , Latvian lakt ( “ to lap ” ) , Old Armenian լակեմ ( lakem , “ to lick ” ) . Per Derksen, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *lak- , an assumed expressive or onomatopoeic root with "European *a ". Vasmer additionally suggests a possible relationship with Ancient Greek λάπτω ( láptō , “ to lick ” ) , which Derksen would prefer to trace back to a separate Proto-Indo-European expressive root *lap- .
*lokàti impf [1] [2]
to lap
Conjugation of
*lokati, *loka, *ločetь (
impf. ,
-a/j- , s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Verbal noun
Infinitive
Supine
L-participle
*lokanьje
*lokati
*lokatъ
*lokalъ
Participles
Tense
Past
Present
Passive
*lokanъ
*ločemъ
Active
*lokavъ
*ločę
Aorist
Present
Person
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
Singular
*lokaxъ
*loka
*loka
*ločǫ
*ločeši
*ločetь
Dual
*lokaxově
*lokasta
*lokaste
*ločevě
*ločeta
*ločete
Plural
*lokaxomъ
*lokaste
*lokašę
*ločemъ
*ločete
*ločǫtь
Imperfect
Imperative
Person
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
Singular
*lokaaxъ
*lokaaše
*lokaaše
—
*loči
*loči
Dual
*lokaaxově
*lokaašeta
*lokaašete
*ločivě
*ločita
—
Plural
*lokaaxomъ
*lokaašete
*lokaaxǫ
*ločimъ
*ločite
—
East Slavic:
Old East Slavic: лакати ( lakati ) , локати ( lokati ) ( 15th century )
South Slavic:
Old Church Slavonic: локати ( lokati )
West Slavic:
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973 ) “лока́ть ”, in Oleg Trubachyov , transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language ] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Trubachyov, Oleg , editor (1990 ), “*lokati ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages ] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN , page 6
^ Derksen, Rick (2008 ) “*lokati ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN , →ISSN , page 283 : “v. ‘lap’ ”
^ Snoj, Marko (2016 ) “lọ̄kati ”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary ] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si : “*loka̋ti ”