Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ḱorkeh₂
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Proto-Indo-European[edit]
Noun[edit]
*ḱorkeh₂
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ćárkaraH
- >? Proto-Hellenic: [Term?] (metathesis)
- Ancient Greek: κρόκη (krókē, “pebble on the seashore”), κροκάλη (krokálē)
- ⇒ Ancient Greek: κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos, “crocodile”) ("pebble-worm")
- Ancient Greek: κρόκη (krókē, “pebble on the seashore”), κροκάλη (krokálē)
- Unsorted formations:
- ⇒ Sanskrit: कृकलास (kṛkalāsa, “lizard, chameleon”) ("pebble-sitter")
Further reading[edit]
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “k̑orkā (k̑rokā?)”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 615: “Kies, Kiesel”
- Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “?*k̂orkehₐ-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 547: “pebble, small stone”