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]

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

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

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