Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/derk

This Proto-West Germanic 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Germanic *derkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerg-o-s, from *dʰerg- (“to dim, darken”). Perhaps cognate with Tocharian A tärkär, Tocharian B tarkär (“cloud”), Old Irish derg (“red”), Lithuanian dė́rgti (“to sleet, make dirty, slander”), and possibly Proto-Balto-Slavic *dárˀgāˀ (“bad weather”).[1][2]

Adjective

*derk

  1. dirty
  2. dark

Inflection

a-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *derk
Genitive *derkas
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *derk *derku *derk
Accusative *derkanā *derkā *derk
Genitive *derkas *derkeʀā *derkas
Dative *derkumē *derkeʀē *derkumē
Instrumental *derku *derkeʀu *derku
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *derkē *derkō *derku
Accusative *derkā *derkā *derku
Genitive *derkeʀō *derkeʀō *derkeʀō
Dative *derkēm, *derkum *derkēm, *derkum *derkēm, *derkum
Instrumental *derkēm, *derkum *derkēm, *derkum *derkēm, *derkum

Alternative reconstructions

  • *dark

Derived terms

  • *dirkinōn
  • *dirknijan/*darknijan
    • Old High German: terkanen, tarkenen
      • ⇒ Old High German: firtarkenen, firterkanen
      • ⇒ Old High German: tarkenitī f (“colour, screening”)
      • ⇒ Old High German: unirtarkenit, unirterkinit (“obvious”, literally “not-darkened”)
  • *derkōn

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*derkaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 71
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*derka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 93
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