Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/ankas

This Proto-Balto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ónkos (bend, turn).[1][2]

Noun

*ankas m[1][2]

  1. hook, loop

Inflection

Declension of *ankas (o-stem, unknown accent)
singular dual plural
nominative *ankas *ankōˀ *ankai(ˀ)
accusative *ankan *ankōˀ *ankō(ˀ)ns
genitive *ankā *ankāu(ˀ) *ankōn
locative *ankai *ankāu(ˀ) *ankaišu
dative *ankōi *ankamā(ˀ) *ankamas
instrumental *ankōˀ *ankamāˀ *ankōis
vocative *anke *ankōˀ *ankai(ˀ)

Descendants

  • East Baltic:
    • Latvian: añka
    • Lithuanian: ánka
  • Proto-Slavic: *ǫkotь (< *ankatis) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ǫkotь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 386:*h₂onk-
  2. 2.0 2.1 Derksen, Rick (2015), “anka”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 56:*onk-