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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kľuka
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kljaukāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *klewk-eh₂, from *kle(h₂)uk-, an extended form of *(s)kleh₂w- (“hook, crook, peg”).
Noun
*kľùka f[1]
- hook
Declension
Declension of *kľùka (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *kľùka | *kľùcě | *kľùky |
| Accusative | *kľùkǫ | *kľùcě | *kľùky |
| Genitive | *kľùky | *kľùku | *kľùkъ |
| Locative | *kľùcě | *kľùku | *kľùkasъ, *kľùkaxъ* |
| Dative | *kľùcě | *kľùkama | *kľùkamъ |
| Instrumental | *kľùkojǫ, *kľùkǭ** | *kľùkama | *kľùkamī |
| Vocative | *kľùko | *kľùcě | *kľùky |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Derived terms
- *kľučiti (denominative)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: клюка (kljuka)
- Russian: клюка́ (kljuká)
- Ukranian: клю́ка (kljúka)
- Old East Slavic: клюка (kljuka)
- South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Latin: kljȕka
- Cyrillic: кљу̏ка (kljȕka)
- Slovene: kljúka
- Serbo-Croatian:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: klika
- Old Polish: kluka
- Slovak: kľuka
- Slovincian: klȧ̃ka
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kļùka”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 226: “f. ā (a) ‘hook’”