Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъrkъ

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kurkas, from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥kos, a k-extension of *(s)ker- (“to turn around”).

Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit कृकाट (kṛ́kāṭa), Gaulish cricon. Unconvincing with Old Norse kverk, Latin gurges, gurgulío.

Noun

*kъrkъ m

neck
Synonyms: *vortъ, *šija

Declension

Declension of *kъrkъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kъrkъ	*kъrka	*kъrci
genitive	*kъrka	*kъrku	*kъrkъ
dative	*kъrku	*kъrkoma	*kъrkomъ
accusative	*kъrkъ	*kъrka	*kъrky
instrumental	kъrkъmь, kъrkomь^*	*kъrkoma	*kъrky
locative	*kъrcě	*kъrku	*kъrcěxъ
vocative	*kъrče	*kъrka	*kъrci

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

*kъrčaga (“jar, crock”)
*kъrkulь (“prong”)
*kъrkušь (“shoulder”)

Related terms

*kъrčiti (“to twist”)
- *kъrčьma (“pub”)
*kъrxъ (“unnatural; left”)
*kъrčь (“spasm”)
- *kъrčavъ (“crooked, awry”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: зако́рки f pl (zakórki)
- Old Ukrainian: коркъ (kork)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: кръкъ (krŭkŭ)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰽⱃⱏⰽⱏ (krŭkŭ)
- Bulgarian: dial. крък (krǎk)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: dial. крк
  
  Latin: dial. krk
West Slavic:
- Kashubian: kark
- Old Czech: krk
  - Czech: krk
- Polabian: kork
- Old Polish: kark
  - Polish: kark
- Slovak: krk, dial. grg
- Slovincian: kark