Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/loky

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lókus. Cognate with Ancient Greek λάκκος (lákkos, “pond”), Latin lacus (“lake”), Proto-Celtic *loku, Proto-Germanic *laguz.

Noun

*lokỳ f[1][2]

puddle

Inflection

Declension of *lokỳ (v-stem, accent paradigm b)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*lokỳ	*lokъ̀vi	*lokъ̀vi
Accusative	*lokъ̀vь	*lokъ̀vi	*lokъ̀vi
Genitive	*lokъ̀ve	*lokъ̀vu	*lokъ̀vъ
Locative	*lokъ̀ve	*lokъ̀vu	lokъ̀vьxъ, lokъ̀vaxъ^*
Dative	*lokъ̀vi	lokъ̀vьma, lokъ̀vama^*	lokъ̀vьmъ, lokъ̀vamъ^*
Instrumental	lokъ̀vьjǫ, lokъ̀vľǭ^**	lokъ̀vьma, lokъ̀vama^*	lokъ̀vьmī, lokъ̀vamī^*
Vocative	*lokỳ	*lokъ̀vi	*lokъ̀vi

^* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
^** 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).

Descendants

South Slavic
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic: локъви (lokŭvi, gen.sg.)
  Glagolitic: ⰾⱁⰽⱏⰲⰹ (lokŭvi, gen.sg.)
- Bulgarian: ло́ква (lókva)
- Macedonian: локва (lokva)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: ло̏ква
  Latin: lȍkva
  - Chakavian (Novi): lȍkva
  - Chakavian (Vrgada): lȍkva
- Slovene: lọ̄kev (tonal orthography), lọ̄kva

References

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: “f. ū (b?) ‘puddle’”
Olander, Thomas (2001), “loky, A. lokъvь, G. lokъve”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b puddle (NA 130, 142; SA 22)”

[1] 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: “f. ū (b?) ‘puddle’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001), “loky, A. lokъvь, G. lokъve”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b puddle (NA 130, 142; SA 22)”