Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьlkъ

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *wílkas, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.

Noun

*vь̑lkъ m

wolf

Declension

Declension of *vь̑lkъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*vь̑lkъ	*vь̑lka	*vь̑lci
Accusative	*vь̑lkъ	*vь̑lka	*vь̑lky
Genitive	*vь̑lka	*vьlkù	*vь̃lkъ
Locative	*vь̑lcě	*vьlkù	*vьlcě̃xъ
Dative	*vь̑lku	*vьlkomà	*vьlkòmъ
Instrumental	vь̑lkъmь, vь̑lkomь^*	*vьlkomà	*vьlký
Vocative	*vьlče	*vь̑lka	*vь̑lci

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

Derived terms

*vьlčica
*vьlkolakъ

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: вълкъ (vŭlkŭ)
  - Belarusian: воўк (voŭk)
  - Russian: волк (volk)
  - Rusyn: вовк (vovk)
  - Ukrainian: вовк (vovk)

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: влькъ (vlĭkŭ)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰲⰾⱐⰽⱏ (vlĭkŭ)
- Bulgarian: вълк (vǎlk)
- Macedonian: волк (volk)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: ву̑к
  
  Latin: vȗk
- Slovene: vȏłk (tonal orthography)

West Slavic:
- Czech: vlk
- Kashubian: wilk
- Polabian: våuk
- Polish: wilk
- Slovak: vlk
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: wjelk
  - Upper Sorbian: wjelk

References

Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “волк”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vь̑lkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 537

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