Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lǫka

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankāˀ, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *lengʷʰ-, the source of Proto-Germanic *lingwą (“heather”).[1][2] Or, both are from a substrate source, as suggested by the irregular velar correspondences (note also the synonym *lǫ̑gъ). In any case, cognate with Latvian lañka (“bend of a river, big low-lying meadow, big puddle”), Lithuanian lankà (“water-meadow, swamp”).

*lǭkà f[3][4]

1. low-lying meadow, water-meadow

   Synonym: *lǫ̑gъ

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• *lękati, *lęcati (“to set traps, to scare?”)
• *lęťi (“to bend”)
• *lękъ (“bent”)
• *lǭčìti (“to separate”)
• *lǫčьje (“rush”)
• *lǫkàvъ (“curved, cunning”)
• *lǫ̑kъ (“bow”)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: лука (luka)
  • ⇒ Belarusian: луковіна (lukóvina)
  • Russian: лука́ (luká)
  • Ukrainian: лука́ (luká)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: лѫка (lǫka)

    Glagolitic script: ⰾⱘⰽⰰ (lǫka)

  • Bulgarian: лъка́ (lǎká), лъ́нка (lǎ́nka) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: лу́ка

    Latin script: lúka

  • Slovene: lọ́ka
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: lúka
    • Czech: louka
  • Polish: łąka
  • Slovak: lúka
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: łuka
    • Upper Sorbian: łuka

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “лука́”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress