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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/korkъ

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

Cognate with Lithuanian kárka (“shank (part of leg)”). Per Trubachyov, cited by the Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary,[1] equivalent to Proto-Balto-Slavic *kar- (“to hang”) +‎ *-kъ, i.e. originally "something hanging". From the Proto-Balto-Slavic root, Trubachyov also derives Lithuanian karti (“to hang”) and Latvian karcināt (“to wriggle, to twist”), among others. Pokorny derives it from Proto-Indo-European *kr(o)k-sko (“arm”), also comparing Sanskrit किष्कु (kiṣku, “forearm”).[2]

Noun

*korkъ m

  1. leg, limb
    Synonym: *nogà
  2. step, pace

Inflection
Declension of *korkъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *korkъ *korka *korci
genitive *korka *korku *korkъ
dative *korku *korkoma *korkomъ
accusative *korkъ *korka *korky
instrumental *korkъmь, *korkomь* *korkoma *korky
locative *korcě *korku *korcěxъ
vocative *korče *korka *korci
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
verb
  • *korčiti

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • ⇒ Old East Slavic: окорокъ (okorokŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • ⇒ Old Church Slavonic: длъгокра́къ (dlŭgokrákŭ)
    • Bulgarian: крак (krak)
    • Macedonian: крак (krak)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Latin script: krȃk
      Cyrillic script: кра̑к
    • Slovene: krȃk (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
  • Non-Slavic:

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

References
  1. Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “крак”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 712
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 624, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 624
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