Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stьrkъ
Proto-Slavic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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”), cf. Proto-Slavic *(s)tъrčati.
Noun edit
*stьrkъ m[1]
- stork (South Slavic)
- Synonym: *botьjanъ
- Siberian crane (East Slavic)
Declension edit
Declension of *stьrkъ (hard o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *stьrkъ | *stьrka | *stьrci |
genitive | *stьrka | *stьrku | *stьrkъ |
dative | *stьrku | *stьrkoma | *stьrkomъ |
accusative | *stьrkъ | *stьrka | *stьrky |
instrumental | *stьrkъmь, *stьrkomь* | *stьrkoma | *stьrky |
locative | *stьrcě | *stьrku | *stьrcěxъ |
vocative | *stьrče | *stьrka | *stьrci |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
Further reading edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “стерк”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References edit
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “štȓk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *stь̑rkъ in *stь̋rkъ”