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 edit

Etymology edit

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 Balkan 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 edit

*tъ̑rgъ m

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

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Further reading edit

  • Gluhak, Alemko (1993), “Proto-Slavic/tъrgъ”, in Hrvatski etimološki rječnik [Croatian Etymology Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: August Cesarec, →ISBN, page 637
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “торг”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Verweij, Arno (1994), “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics)‎[1], volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., page 536