Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъrkъ

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 *kurkas, from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥kos, a k-extension of *(s)ker- (“to turn around”).

Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit कृकाट (kṛ́kāṭa), Gaulish cricon. Unconvincing with Old Norse kverk, Latin gurges, gurgulío.

Noun

*kъrkъ m

  1. neck
    Synonyms: *vortъ, *šija

Declension

Declension of *kъrkъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *kъrkъ *kъrka *kъrci
genitive *kъrka *kъrku *kъrkъ
dative *kъrku *kъrkoma *kъrkomъ
accusative *kъrkъ *kъrka *kъrky
instrumental *kъrkъmь, *kъrkomь* *kъrkoma *kъrky
locative *kъrcě *kъrku *kъrcěxъ
vocative *kъrče *kъrka *kъrci

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

Derived terms

  • *kъrčaga (“jar, crock”)
  • *kъrkulь (“prong”)
  • *kъrkušь (“shoulder”)
  • *kъrčiti (“to twist”)
  • *kъrxъ (“unnatural; left”)
  • *kъrčь (“spasm”)
    • *kъrčavъ (“crooked, awry”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: зако́рки f pl (zakórki)
    • Middle Ukrainian: коркъ (kork)
      • Ukrainian: курк (kurk)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: кръкъ (krŭkŭ)
      Glagolitic: ⰽⱃⱏⰽⱏ (krŭkŭ)
    • Bulgarian: dial. крък (krǎk)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: dial. крк
      Latin: dial. krk
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kъrkъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 219
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