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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stьrkъ
Proto-Slavic
Alternative forms
- *ščьrkъ (South Slavic)
- *stьrxъ, *sterxъ (East Slavic)
Etymology
Most likely related to Proto-Germanic *sturkaz (“stork”) (whence Lithuanian star̃kus (“stork”), Latvian stārķis (“stork”)), Latvian stirka (“creature with long legs”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter- (“to bulge, to stick out”).
Noun
*stьrkъ m[1]
- stork (South Slavic)
- Synonym: *botьjanъ
- Siberian crane (East Slavic)
Declension
Declension of *stьrkъ (hard o-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *stьrkъ | *stьrka | *stьrci |
Accusative | *stьrkъ | *stьrka | *stьrky |
Genitive | *stьrka | *stьrku | *stьrkъ |
Locative | *stьrcě | *stьrku | *stьrcěxъ |
Dative | *stьrku | *stьrkoma | *stьrkomъ |
Instrumental | *stьrkъmь, *stьrkomь* | *stьrkoma | *stьrky |
Vocative | *stьrče | *stьrka | *stьrci |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *stьrkъlъ, *stьrkylъ
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: стьркъ (stĭrkŭ)
- Russian: стерк (sterk), стерх (sterx), dial. сте́рех (stérex)
- Ukrainian: стерх (sterx)
- Old East Slavic: стьркъ (stĭrkŭ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: стрькъ (strĭkŭ), стръкъ (strŭkŭ)
- Bulgarian: щърк (štǎrk), щъркел (štǎrkel)
- Macedonian: штрк (štrk)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: штр̑к, штр̏к
- Latin: štȓk, štȑk
- Slovene: štȓk (until 18 cent.)
- ⇒ Slovene: štọ̑rklja
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “стерк”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
References
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “štȓk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *stь̑rkъ in *stь̋rkъ”