Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tъrkъ

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 *tŕ̥kʷ-os, from *terkʷ- (“to spin”).

Noun

*tъrkъ m (South Slavic)

1. sudden move, shift
2. run

Inflection

Declension of *tъrkъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tъrkъ	*tъrka	*tъrci
genitive	*tъrka	*tъrku	*tъrkъ
dative	*tъrku	*tъrkoma	*tъrkomъ
accusative	*tъrkъ	*tъrka	*tъrky
instrumental	*tъrkъmь, *tъrkomь*	*tъrkoma	*tъrky
locative	*tъrcě	*tъrku	*tъrcěxъ
vocative	*tъrče	*tъrka	*tъrci

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

Derived terms

• *tъrčati, *tъrčiti (“to run, to rush up”)

Related terms

• *tȏrkъ (“ride”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: тръкъ (trŭkŭ)
  • Bulgarian: тръч!, тръц! (trǎč!, trǎc!) (incentive interjections)
  • Macedonian: трк (trk) (incentive interjection)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: тр̑к

    Latin script: tȓk

  • Slovene: tȓk

Further reading

• Snoj, Marko (2016) “tȓk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si