Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tolkъno

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 o-grade of *telkti (“to pound”) +‎ *-ъno

Cognate with Welsh talch (“oatmeal, groats, fragments”) (< *talko-)

• Derivation from Proto-Turkic *talkān (“parched grain”) is unlikely due to a Slavic internal etymology and wide (even if patchy) geographical distribution

Noun

*tolkъno n

1. roasted oatmeal

Declension

Declension of *tolkъno (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tolkъno	*tolkъně	*tolkъna
genitive	*tolkъna	*tolkъnu	*tolkъnъ
dative	*tolkъnu	*tolkъnoma	*tolkъnomъ
accusative	*tolkъno	*tolkъně	*tolkъna
instrumental	*tolkъnъmь, *tolkъnomь*	*tolkъnoma	*tolkъny
locative	*tolkъně	*tolkъnu	*tolkъněxъ
vocative	*tolkъno	*tolkъně	*tolkъna

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: толокъно (tolokŭno)
    • Belarusian: талакно́ (talaknó)
    • Russian: толокно́ (toloknó)
    • Ukrainian: толокно́ (toloknó)
  • → Finnish: talkkuna
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene:
    • → German: Dalken
  • → Middle High German: Talken
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: tłukno

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “толокно́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “толокно́”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 248