Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьlkolakъ

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьlkolakъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *vьlkъ (“wolf”) +‎ *dolkъ (“skin”).

Noun

*vьlkolàkъ m[1]

1. werewolf

Inflection

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

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*vьlkolàkъ	*vьlkolàka	*vьlkolàci
Accusative	*vьlkolàkъ	*vьlkolàka	*vьlkolàky
Genitive	*vьlkolàka	*vьlkolàku	*vьlkolàkъ
Locative	*vьlkolàcě	*vьlkolàku	*vьlkolàcě̄xъ
Dative	*vьlkolàku	*vьlkolàkoma	*vьlkolàkomъ
Instrumental	*vьlkolàkъmь, *vьlkolàkomь*	*vьlkolàkoma	*vьlkolàkȳ
Vocative	*vьlkolàče	*vьlkolàka	*vьlkolàci

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: ваўкала́к (vaŭkalák)
  • Russian: волкула́к (volkulák)
  • Ukrainian: вовкула́ка (vovkuláka)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: върколак (vǎrkolak)
    • Byzantine Greek: βουρκόλακας (bourkólakas)
      • Greek: βρικόλακας (vrikólakas)
  • Macedonian врколак (vrkolak)
  • Serbo-Croatian: vukòdlak
  • Slovene: vołkodlȃk (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: vlkodlak
  • Polish: wilkołak
  • Slovak: vlkolak

References

1. Snoj, Marko (2016), “volkodlȃk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “*vьlkola̋kъ”