Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ḱorkeh₂

*ḱorkeh₂ f

1. pebble, gravel, small stone

• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ćárkaraH
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *śárkaraH
    • Sanskrit: शर्करा (śárkarā, “gravel, grit, pebbles, shingle”) (see there for further descendants)
• >? Proto-Hellenic: *krókā (metathesis)
  • Ancient Greek: κρόκη (krókē, “pebble on the seashore”), κροκάλη (krokálē)
    • ⇒ Ancient Greek: κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos, “crocodile”, literally “pebble-worm”)
• Unsorted formations:
  • ⇒ Sanskrit: कृकलास (kṛkalāsa, “lizard, chameleon”, literally “pebble-sitter”)

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “k̑orkā (k̑rokā?)”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 615: “Kies, Kiesel”
• Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “?*k̂orkehₐ-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 547: “pebble, small stone”