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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/lókus

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Noun

*lókus m [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

  1. pond, pool

Inflection

Athematic, amphikinetic
singular
nominative *lókus
genitive *l̥kwés
singular dual plural
nominative *lókus *lókuh₁(e) *lókewes
vocative *lóku *lókuh₁(e) *lókewes
accusative *lókum *lókuh₁(e) *lókums
genitive *l̥kwés *? *l̥kwóHom
ablative *l̥kwés *? *l̥kwmós
dative *l̥kwéy *? *l̥kwmós
locative *lóku, *lókwi *? *l̥kwsú
instrumental *l̥kwéh₁ *? *l̥kwbʰí

Descendants

  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Slavic: *lokỳ (extended with the collective marker *-h₂) (see there for further descendants)
  • Celtic: *loku
    • Old Irish: loch
      • Irish: loch
      • Scottish Gaelic: loch
      • → Brythonic:
        • Old Breton: loch
          • Breton: loc'h
        • Old Welsh: lichou
      • → English: lough
  • Germanic: *laguz, *lahō (see there for further descendants)
  • Hellenic: *lə́kwos (from the oblique grade)
  • Italic: *lakus

References

  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959), “*laku-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 653
  2. Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*lokús”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 343
  3. 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
  4. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*loku-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 243
  5. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*lagu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 322
  6. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “λάκκος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 827
  7. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “lacus, -ūs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 322-323
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