Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sturkaz
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editAccording to Witczak (1991), from Proto-Indo-European *sr̥ǵos (“stork”), cognate to Sanskrit सृजय (sṛjaya, “wading bird”), Ancient Greek πελαργός (pelargós, “stork”), and Dacian *βärzæ (whence Romanian barză (“stork”), dialectal Bulgarian барзъ (barz).)
Alternately, from Proto-Indo-European *str̥gos, from *(s)terg-, *(s)terǵ- (“a type of bird”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter- (“stiff”). Cognate with Old East Slavic стьркъ (stĭrkŭ, “stork, crane”), Russian стерх (sterx, “Siberian crane”), Ancient Greek τόργος (tórgos, “vulture”), Albanian sterkjok (“stork”) and possibly Old Armenian տառեղն (taṙełn, “stork”).
Noun
edit*sturkaz m
Inflection
editmasculine a-stemDeclension of *sturkaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *sturkaz | *sturkōz, *sturkōs | |
vocative | *sturk | *sturkōz, *sturkōs | |
accusative | *sturką | *sturkanz | |
genitive | *sturkas, *sturkis | *sturkǫ̂ | |
dative | *sturkai | *sturkamaz | |
instrumental | *sturkō | *sturkamiz |
Descendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *stork
- Old Norse: storkr
Further reading
edit- Witczak, Krzysztof Tomasz. 1991. "Indo-European *sr̥C in Germanic". Historische Sprachforschung 104:1, pp. 106–107.