Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/lókus

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Noun

*lókus m[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

pond, pool

Inflection

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	*?	*l̥kwmís

Descendants

Proto-Albanian:
- Old Albanian lëken > Albanian: liqen
Balto-Slavic:
- Proto-Slavic: *lokỳ (extended with the collective marker *-h₂) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Celtic: *loku (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Germanic: *laguz, *lahō (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Hellenic: *lə́kwos (from the oblique grade)
- Ancient Greek: λάκκος (lákkos)
Proto-Italic: *lakus
- Latin: lacus

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959), “*laku-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, 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, →ISBN, 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, →ISBN, pages 322-323

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959), “*laku-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, 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, →ISBN, 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, →ISBN, pages 322-323