Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьlkolakъ

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

Alternative forms

• *vьlkodlakъ

Etymology

From *vьlkъ (“wolf”) +‎ *-o- +‎ *dolkъ (“skin”). Cognate with Lithuanian vilkolakis (“werewolf”).

Noun

*vьlkolàkъ m

1. werewolf

Inflection

Declension of *vьlkolàkъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vьlkolàkъ	*vьlkolàka	*vьlkolàci
genitive	*vьlkolàka	*vьlkolàku	*vьlkolàkъ
dative	*vьlkolàku	*vьlkolàkoma	*vьlkolàkomъ
accusative	*vьlkolàkъ	*vьlkolàka	*vьlkolàky
instrumental	*vьlkolàkъmь, *vьlkolàkomь*	*vьlkolàkoma	*vьlkolàkȳ
locative	*vьlkolàcě	*vьlkolàku	*vьlkolàcě̄xъ
vocative	*vьlkolàče	*vьlkolàka	*vьlkolàci

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: ваўкала́к (vaŭkalák)
  • Russian: волкула́к (volkulák), волкола́к (volkolák), волкодла́к (volkodlák)
    • → Yiddish: וואָלקעלאַק (volkelak)
  • Ukrainian: вовкула́к (vovkulák), вовкула́ка (vovkuláka)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: върколак (vǎrkolak), вълколак (vǎlkolak)
    • → Aromanian: vãrculac / vurculac
    • → Byzantine Greek: βουρκόλακας (bourkólakas)
      • Greek: βρικόλακας (vrikólakas)
    • → Romanian: vârcolac
  • Macedonian врколак (vrkolak)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: вуко̀длак

    Latin script: vukòdlak

  • Slovene: volkodlȃk (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: vlkodlak
  • Old Polish: wilkołak
    • Polish: wilkołak
  • Slovak: vlkolak, vlkodlak