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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bъrkъ

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

Probably from a 0-grade of Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to bore, to drill”) + *-kъ (u-stem). Possibly related to Proto-Germanic *burstiz (“bristle”), *bruskaz (“brush”) and less likely to Latin furca (“fork”) (usually viewed as a Germanic loanword).

Noun

*bъ̑rkъ m[1]

  1. whisker, barbel (in South Slavic)
  2. quill of a feather (in West, East Slavic)

Declension
Declension of *bъrkъ (u-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *bъrkъ *bъrky *bъrkove
genitive *bъrku *bъrkovu *bъrkovъ
dative *bъrkovi *bъrkъma *bъrkъmъ
accusative *bъrkъ *bъrky *bъrky
instrumental *bъrkъmь *bъrkъma *bъrkъmi
locative *bъrku *bъrkovu *bъrkъxъ
vocative *bъrku *bъrky *bъrkove

Derived terms
  • *bъrkovъ
  • *bъrkati (“to trim, to crop”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: боркъ (borkŭ) (Old Ukrainian)
      • Russian: борк (bork) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: бо́рки pl (bórky) (fossilized dual)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “боркать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bъrkъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 128
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бърк, мн. бърке”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 102

References
  1. Snoj, Marko (2016) “brk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*bъ̑rkъ”
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