Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stьrkъ

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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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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*stьrkъ m[1]

  1. stork (South Slavic)
    Synonym: *botьjanъ
  2. Siberian crane (East Slavic)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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

References

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  1. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “štȓk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *stь̑rkъ in *stь̋rkъ