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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/kauk-

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 *kewk-.

Noun

*kauk- ?[1][2]

  1. hook

Descendants
  • Latgalian: kūks (“tree”)
  • Latvian: koks (“tree”)
  • Lithuanian: kaũkas (“lump, wooden hook”)
  • Proto-Slavic: *kùka (“hook, spike”) (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kùka I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 256: “*koukos”
  2. Derksen, Rick (2015) “kaukas I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 232: “*koukos”
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