Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/korkъ

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

Cognate with Lithuanian kárka (“shank (part of leg)”), with further origin obscure, though perhaps ultimately from some extension of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn”).^[1] Per Trubachyov, cited by the Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary,^[2] equivalent to Proto-Balto-Slavic *kar- (“to hang”) +‎ *-kъ, i.e. originally "something hanging". From the Proto-Balto-Slavic root, Trubachyov also derives Lithuanian karti (“to hang”) and Latvian karcināt (“to wriggle, to twist”), among others. Pokorny derives it from Proto-Indo-European *kr(o)k-sko (“arm”), also comparing Sanskrit किष्कु (kiṣku, “forearm”).^[3]

Noun

*korkъ m

leg, limb
Synonym: *nogà
step, pace

Inflection

Declension of *korkъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*korkъ	*korka	*korci
genitive	*korka	*korku	*korkъ
dative	*korku	*korkoma	*korkomъ
accusative	*korkъ	*korka	*korky
instrumental	korkъmь, korkomь^*	*korkoma	*korky
locative	*korcě	*korku	*korcěxъ
vocative	*korče	*korka	*korci

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

Derived terms

verb

*korčiti

Descendants

East Slavic:
- ⇒ Old East Slavic: окорокъ (okorokŭ)
  - Belarusian: акарак (akarak)
  - Russian: о́корок (ókorok)
  - Ukrainian: о́корок (ókorok)
South Slavic:
- ⇒ Old Church Slavonic: длъгокра́къ (dlŭgokrákŭ)
- Bulgarian: крак (krak)
- Macedonian: крак (krak)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Latin script: krȃk
  
  Cyrillic script: кра̑к
- Slovene: krȃk (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: krok
  - Czech: krok
- Old Polish: *krok
  - Polish: krok
    - → Belarusian: крок (krok)
    - → Ukrainian: крок (krok)
  - Silesian: krok
- Old Slovak: krok
  - Slovak: krok
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: krok

Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: crac

References

^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “krok”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 261
^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “крак”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 712
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “624”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 624

[Borys-1] Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “krok”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 261

[2] Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “крак”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 712

[3] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “624”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 624

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