Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gъrčь

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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

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Etymology

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Possibly an expressive variant of Proto-Slavic *kъrčь (spasm) or alternatively[1] from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (to bend, to twine) + *-čь, akin to Proto-Slavic *gъrbъ (hump).

Noun

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*gъ̀rčь m

  1. cramp, spasm
  2. gnarl

Alternative forms

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Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Non-Slavic:

Further reading

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gъrčь/*gъrčа”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 202
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гърча се”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 304

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Snoj, Marko (2016) “grča”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *gъ̋rča