Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lъkno

This Proto-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-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lukna. Cognate with Lithuanian lū̃gnė, lùgnė, lùknė (“yellow water-lily”).

Noun

*lъkno n

water-lily

Declension

Declension of *lъkno (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lъkno	*lъkně	*lъkna
genitive	*lъkna	*lъknu	*lъknъ
dative	*lъknu	*lъknoma	*lъknomъ
accusative	*lъkno	*lъkně	*lъkna
instrumental	lъknъmь, lъknomь^*	*lъknoma	*lъkny
locative	*lъkně	*lъknu	*lъkněxъ
vocative	*lъkno	*lъkně	*lъkna

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: локно́ (loknó) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: локно́ (loknó) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Slovene: lekno
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: lekno
  - ⇒ Czech: leknín
- Slovak: lekno

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lъkno”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 294

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