Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tъlkъ

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-Indo-European *telkʷ-, cognate with Sanskrit तर्क (tarka, “conjecture”), Latin loquor (“to speak”), Old Irish do·tluchethar (“to ask”), ad·tluchedar (“to thank”).

Noun

*tъlkъ m

Inflection

Declension of *tъlkъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*tъlkъ	*tъlka	*tъlci
Accusative	*tъlkъ	*tъlka	*tъlky
Genitive	*tъlka	*tъlku	*tъlkъ
Locative	*tъlcě	*tъlku	*tъlcěxъ
Dative	*tъlku	*tъlkoma	*tъlkomъ
Instrumental	tъlkъmь, tъlkomь^*	*tъlkoma	*tъlky
Vocative	*tъlče	*tъlka	*tъlci

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

Derived terms

*tъlkovati (“to interpret”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: тълкъ (tŭlkŭ)
  - Belarusian: толк (tolk)
  - Russian: толк (tolk)
    - → Estonian: tõlk
  - Ukrainian: толк (tolk)
  - → Danish: tolk
  - → Dutch: tolk
  - → Latvian: tulks
  - → Lithuanian: tùlkas
  - → Middle Low German: tolk
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: tolk
  - → Norwegian Nynorsk: tolk
  - → Old Norse: tulkr
  - → Swedish: tolk

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: тлъкъ (tlŭkŭ)
  
  Glagolitic: [Term?]

References

Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “толк”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “толк”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 248
Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “толк”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
Sreznevskij, I. I. (1912), “тълкъ, толкъ”, in Materialy dlja slovarja drevne-russkago jazyka po pisʹmennym pamjatnikam [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old Russian Language According to Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 3, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 1046

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