Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kľuka

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 *kljaukāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *klewk-eh₂, from *kle(h₂)uk-, an extended form of *(s)kleh₂w- (“hook, crook, peg”).

Noun

*kľùka f

1. hook

Declension

Declension of *kľùka (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kľùka	*kľùcě	*kľùky
genitive	*kľùky	*kľùku	*kľùkъ
dative	*kľùcě	*kľùkama	*kľùkamъ
accusative	*kľùkǫ	*kľùcě	*kľùky
instrumental	*kľùkojǫ, *kľùkǭ**	*kľùkama	*kľùkamī
locative	*kľùcě	*kľùku	*kľùkasъ, *kľùkaxъ*
vocative	*kľùko	*kľùcě	*kľùky

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

• *kľučiti (denominative)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: клюка (kljuka)
    • Russian: клюка́ (kljuká)
    • Ukrainian: клю́ка (kljúka)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Latin script: kljȕka

    Cyrillic script: кљу̏ка (kljȕka)

  • Slovene: kljúka
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: klika
  • Old Polish: kluka
  • Slovak: kľuka
  • Slovincian: klëka