Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьlkolakъ

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

Alternative forms

*vьlkodlakъ

Etymology

From *vьlkъ (“wolf”) +‎ *-o- +‎ *dolkъ (“skin”). Cognate with Lithuanian vilkolakis (“werewolf”).

Noun

*vьlkolàkъ m^[1]

werewolf

Inflection

Declension of *vьlkolàkъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vьlkolàkъ	*vьlkolàka	*vьlkolàci
genitive	*vьlkolàka	*vьlkolàku	*vьlkolàkъ
dative	*vьlkolàku	*vьlkolàkoma	*vьlkolàkomъ
accusative	*vьlkolàkъ	*vьlkolàka	*vьlkolàky
instrumental	vьlkolàkъmь, vьlkolàkomь^*	*vьlkolàkoma	*vьlkolàkȳ
locative	*vьlkolàcě	*vьlkolàku	*vьlkolàcě̄xъ
vocative	*vьlkolàče	*vьlkolàka	*vьlkolàci

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: ваўкала́к (vaŭkalák)
- Russian: волкула́к (volkulák), волкола́к (volkolák), волкодла́к (volkodlák)
  - → Yiddish: וואָלקעלאַק (volkelak)
- Ukrainian: вовкула́к (vovkulák), вовкула́ка (vovkuláka)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: върколак (vǎrkolak), вълколак (vǎlkolak)
  - → Aromanian: vãrculac / vurculac
  - → Byzantine Greek: βουρκόλακας (bourkólakas)
    - Greek: βρικόλακας (vrikólakas)
  - → Romanian: vârcolac
- Macedonian врколак (vrkolak)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: вуко̀длак
  
  Latin script: vukòdlak
- Slovene: volkodlȃk (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: vlkodlak
- Old Polish: wilkołak
  - Polish: wilkołak
- Slovak: vlkolak, vlkodlak

References

^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “volkodlȃk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*vьlkola̋kъ”

[1] Snoj, Marko (2016) “volkodlȃk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*vьlkola̋kъ”

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