Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lokati

This Proto-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-Slavic edit

Etymology edit

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-.

Verb edit

*lokàti impf^[1]^[2]

to lap

Inflection edit

Conjugation of *lokati, *loka, *ločetь (impf., -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ati

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	—

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: лакати (lakati), локати (lokati) (15th century)
  - Belarusian: ло́каць (lókacʹ)
  - Russian: лака́ть (lakátʹ), лока́ть (lokátʹ)
  - Ukrainian: лока́ти (lokáty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: локати (lokati)
  - Bulgarian: ло́ча (lóča), ло́кам (lókam)
  - Macedonian: лока (loka)
  - Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ло̀кати
    
    Latin script: lòkati
  - Slovene: lọ̄kati (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: lokati
  - Czech: lokat
- Old Polish: łokać
- Polish: łokać, łakać (dialectal)
- Slovak: logať
- Slovincian: lôkac

References edit

^ 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”

[1] 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’”

[2] Snoj, Marko (2016) “lọ̄kati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*loka̋ti”

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