Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/torkъ

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

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *tоrkʷ-ós, from the root *terkʷ- (“to turn, spin”). Akin to Albanian tjerr (“I spin”), Latin torqueō (“I twist”), Latvian tę̄rkа, Old Prussian tarkue and Sanskrit तर्कु (tarkú, “spindle”).

Noun

*tȏrkъ m

1. strap, thong

   Synonym: *remy

Inflection

Declension of *torkъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*torkъ	*torka	*torci
genitive	*torka	*torku	*torkъ
dative	*torku	*torkoma	*torkomъ
accusative	*torkъ	*torka	*torky
instrumental	*torkъmь, *torkomь*	*torkoma	*torky
locative	*torcě	*torku	*torcěxъ
vocative	*torče	*torka	*torci

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

Related terms

noun

• *tъ̑rkъ

 

verb

• *tъrčiti

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: торокъ (torokŭ)
    • Russian: торока́ (toroká)
    • Ukrainian: то́рок (tórok)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: трак (trak)
  • Macedonian: трака (traka)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: тра̏ка

    Latin script: trȁka

  • Slovene: trȃk (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: trak
  • Old Polish: trok
    • Polish: trok
  • Slovak: trak
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: trok
    • Upper Sorbian: trok

Further reading

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