Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/serḱ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Alternative reconstructions

*serk-[1][2][3]

Root

*serḱ-[1][4]

to emend, make good, recompense[5]

Descendants

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *serḱ-

Proto-Tocharian:
- Tocharian B: ṣärk- (“to surpass”)[6]

Derived terms

*sr̥ḱ-yé-ti (zero-grade yé/ó-present)[1][2]
- Proto-Italic:
  - Latin: sarcīo (“to mend”) (supposedly PIE *Cr̥CC can lead to Latin CarCC)
*sr̥-né-ḱ-ti ~ *sr̥-n-ḱ-énti (nasal infix present)[1][4]
- Proto-Anatolian:
  - Hittite: [script needed] (šar-ni-ik-zi /šarni(n)kzi/) (< *sr̥-nén-k-ti, a type 1 nasal infix per Kloekhorst)
    - ⇒ Hittite: [script needed] (šar-ni-ik-zi-il /šarnikzil/, “compensation”)
*sr̥ḱ-ú-s / *sórḱ-us ~ *sr̥ḱ-éw-s (u-stem adjective)[7]
- Proto-Anatolian:
  - Hittite: [script needed] (šar-ku /šarku, šargaw/, “eminent, illustrious”)
*sérḱ-os ~ *sérḱ-es-os
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: ἕρκος (hérkos, “fence, enclosure”), ὅρκος (hórkos)[8]

References

Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*serk/k̑-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 536
De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “sarcīo, -īre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 539
Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*serk-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 123
Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “šarni(n)k-^zi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 850
Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010), chapter 2, in Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, § 14, page 11
Adams, Douglas Q. (1999), “ṣärk-”, in A dictionary of Tocharian B (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN
Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “šarku- / šargau̯-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 847
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἕρκος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 460

[LIV-1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*serk/k̑-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 536

[De_Vaan-2] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “sarcīo, -īre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 539

[3] Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*serk-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 123

[sarninkzi-4] Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “šarni(n)k-^zi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 850

[5] Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010), chapter 2, in Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, § 14, page 11

[6] Adams, Douglas Q. (1999), “ṣärk-”, in A dictionary of Tocharian B (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN

[7] Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “šarku- / šargau̯-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 847

[8] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἕρκος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 460