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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъrčiti

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-Indo-European *(s)ker-k-, a k-extension of *(s)ker- (to turn, bend).

Verb

*kъrčiti (sę)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to contort, to twist, to writhe
  2. (reflexive) to contract, to shrink (to become smaller)

Inflection

adjectives
  • *kъrčavъ
  • *kъrxъ
nouns

Descendants

  • East Slavic
    • Russian: ко́рчить (kórčitʹ)
    • Ukrainian: ко́рчити (kórčyty)
  • South Slavic
    • Old Church Slavonic: съкръчити (sŭkrŭčiti)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      >? Cyrillic script: кр́чити
      >? Latin script: kŕčiti
    • Slovene: kŕčiti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ко́рча”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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