Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stьrkъ

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

Alternative forms

• *ščьrkъ (South Slavic)
• *stьrxъ, *sterxъ (East Slavic)

Etymology

Related to Proto-Germanic *sturkaz (“stork”) (whence Lithuanian star̃kus (“stork”), Latvian stārķis (“stork”)), Latvian stirka (“creature with long legs”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter- (“to bulge, to stick out”), cf. Proto-Slavic *(s)tъrčati.

Noun

*stьrkъ m

1. stork (South Slavic)

   Synonym: *botьjanъ

2. Siberian crane (East Slavic)

Declension

Declension of *stьrkъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*stьrkъ	*stьrka	*stьrci
genitive	*stьrka	*stьrku	*stьrkъ
dative	*stьrku	*stьrkoma	*stьrkomъ
accusative	*stьrkъ	*stьrka	*stьrky
instrumental	*stьrkъmь, *stьrkomь*	*stьrkoma	*stьrky
locative	*stьrcě	*stьrku	*stьrcěxъ
vocative	*stьrče	*stьrka	*stьrci

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

• *stьrkьlъ, *stьrkylъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: стьркъ (stĭrkŭ)
    • Russian: стерк (sterk), стерх (sterx), dial. сте́рех (stérex)
    • Ukrainian: стерх (sterx)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: стрькъ (strĭkŭ), стръкъ (strŭkŭ)
  • Bulgarian: щърк (štǎrk), щъркел (štǎrkel)
  • Macedonian: штрк (štrk)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: штр̑к, штр̏к

    Latin script: štȓk, štȑk

  • Slovene: štȓk (until 18 cent.)
    • ⇒ Slovene: štọ̑rklja

• Non-Slavic:
  • Albanian: shtërg
  • Romanian: stârc

Further reading

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