< Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic
Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/śárˀkāˀ
Proto-Balto-Slavic
Etymology
Possibly from imitative root Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-, see also Latin corvus, Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz.[1]
Noun
*śárˀkāˀ f[2][3]
- magpie
Inflection
Fixed accent.
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- East Baltic:
- Lithuanian: šárka
- West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: sarke
- Proto-Slavic: *sòrka (see there for further descendants)
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “corvus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*svòrka; *sòrka”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 477: “BSl. *śórʔkaʔ”
- Derksen, Rick (2015), “šarka”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 440: “BSL *śórʔkaʔ”