Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъrky

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

Of uncertain cognateship to Proto-Germanic *murhǭ (“wild carrot”). Pokorny reconstructs Proto-Indo-European *mrk- (“carrot, edible root”) and also compares Ancient Greek βράκανα (brákana).[1]

Noun

*mъrkỳ f[2][3][4]

  1. carrot (Daucus carota)

Declension

Declension of *mъrkỳ (hard v-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *mъrkỳ *mъrkъ̀vi *mъrkъ̀vi
genitive *mъrkъ̀ve *mъrkъ̀vu *mъrkъ̀vъ
dative *mъrkъ̀vi *mъrkъ̀vьma, *mъrkъ̀vama* *mъrkъ̀vьmъ, *mъrkъ̀vamъ*
accusative *mъrkъ̀vь *mъrkъ̀vi *mъrkъ̀vi
instrumental *mъrkъ̀vьjǫ, *mъrkъ̀vľǭ** *mъrkъ̀vьma, *mъrkъ̀vama* *mъrkъ̀vьmī, *mъrkъ̀vamī*
locative *mъrkъ̀ve *mъrkъ̀vu *mъrkъ̀vьxъ, *mъrkъ̀vaxъ*
vocative *mъrkỳ *mъrkъ̀vi *mъrkъ̀vi

* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

Further reading

  • Verweij, Arno (1994) “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics)‎[2], volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., page 520

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “750”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 750
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mъrky”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 335: “f. ū ‘carrot’”
  3. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъrky”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 247
  4. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “mъrky, A. mъrkъvь, G. mъrkъve”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b carrot (NA 130, 142; SA 22; PR 134)”
  5. ^ Brasławszczyzna w: Słownictwo kresowe: studia i materiały, red. Janusz Rieger, s. 385, Warszawa, Wydawnictwo „DiG”, 2008, ISBN 83–7181–499–2.
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