Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tъrgъ

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 unclear origin. According to some, connected with the word *toržìti (“to seek, look for”), cf Serbo-Croatian trážiti (“to trace”) from Proto-Slavic*tragъ, from Proto-Indo-European *tregʰ-, a variation of *dʰregʰ- (“to pull, draw, drag”). Cognates include Latin trahō and Old Irish traig (“foot”). For a semantic parallel compare Hungarian keres (“to seek, look for”) : kereskedelem (“trade, commerce”).

The Latin place-name Tergeste (whence Italian Trieste), first attested around 100 BC (by the Greek geographer Artemidorus of Ephesus), possibly from Venetic, but with the typically Illyrian suffix -est-, has often been derived from a *terg- which is speculated to mean "market" or "marketplace" and to be cognate with the Slavic lexeme.

Noun

*tъ̑rgъ m

merchandise, commodity, wares
(by extension) a place where trade is being done; market

Declension

Declension of *tъ̑rgъ (u-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*tъ̑rgъ	*tъ̑rgy	*tъ̑rgove
Accusative	*tъ̑rgъ	*tъ̑rgy	*tъ̑rgy
Genitive	*tъ̑rgu	*tъrgovù	*tъrgòvъ
Locative	*tъrgú	*tъrgovù	*tъ̑rgъxъ
Dative	*tъ̑rgovi	*tъrgъmà	*tъ̑rgъmъ
Instrumental	*tъ̑rgъmь	*tъrgъmà	*tъrgъmì
Vocative	*tъrgu	*tъ̑rgy	*tъ̑rgove

Derived terms

*tъrgovati
*tъrgovьcь
*tъrgovišče
*tъržišče

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: търгъ (tŭrgŭ)
  - Belarusian: торг (torh)
  - Russian: торг (torg)
  - Ukrainian: торг (torh)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: тръгъ (trŭgŭ)
  Glagolitic: ⱅⱃⱏⰳⱏ (trŭgŭ)
- Bulgarian: търг (tǎrg)
  - → Romanian: târg
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: тр̏г
  Latin: tȑg
- Slovene: tȓg (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: trh
  - Czech: trh
- Kashubian: tôrg
- Old Polish: targ
  - Polish: targ
- Slovak: trh
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: torhośćo