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

1. 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:
  • 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

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kъrkъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 219