Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/serḱ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Alternative reconstructions

*serk-^[1]^[2]^[3]

Root

*serḱ-^[1]^[4]

to emend, make good, recompense^[5]

Descendants

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *serḱ- (3 c, 0 e)

Proto-Tocharian:
- Tocharian B: ṣärk- (“to surpass”)^[6]

Derived terms

*sr̥ḱ-yé-ti (zero-grade yé/ó-present)^[1]^[2]
- Proto-Italic:
  - Latin: sarciō (“to mend”) (supposedly PIE *Cr̥CC can lead to Latin CarCC)
*sr̥-né-ḱ-ti ~ *sr̥-n-ḱ-énti (nasal infix present)^[1]^[4]
- Proto-Anatolian:
  - Hittite: [script needed] (šar-ni-ik-zi /⁠šarni(n)kzi⁠/) (< *sr̥-nén-k-ti, a type 1 nasal infix per Kloekhorst)
    - ⇒ Hittite: [script needed] (šar-ni-ik-zi-il /⁠šarnikzil⁠/, “compensation”)
*sr̥ḱ-ú-s / *sórḱ-us ~ *sr̥ḱ-éw-s (u-stem adjective)^[7]
- Proto-Anatolian:
  - Hittite: [script needed] (šar-ku /⁠šarku, šargaw⁠/, “eminent, illustrious”)
*sérḱ-os ~ *sérḱ-es-os
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: ἕρκος (hérkos, “fence, enclosure”), ὅρκος (hórkos)^[8]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*serk/k̑-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 536
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “sarcīo, -īre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 539
^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*serk-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 123
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “šarni(n)k-^zi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 850
^ Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) chapter 2, in Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, § 14, page 11
^ Adams, Douglas Q. (1999) “ṣärk-”, in A dictionary of Tocharian B (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN
^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “šarku- / šargau̯-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 847
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἕρκος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 460

[LIV-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*serk/k̑-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 536

[De_Vaan-2] 2.0 ^2.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “sarcīo, -īre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 539

[3] Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*serk-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 123

[sarninkzi-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “šarni(n)k-^zi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 850

[5] Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) chapter 2, in Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, § 14, page 11

[6] Adams, Douglas Q. (1999) “ṣärk-”, in A dictionary of Tocharian B (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN

[7] Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “šarku- / šargau̯-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 847

[8] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἕρκος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 460

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