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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bъrkъ
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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
Etymology
Probably from a 0-grade of Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to bore, to drill”) + *-kъ (u-stem). Possibly related to Proto-Germanic *burstiz (“bristle”), *bruskaz (“brush”) and less likely to Latin furca (“fork”) (usually viewed as a Germanic loanword).
Declension
Declension of *bъrkъ (u-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *bъrkъ | *bъrky | *bъrkove |
| Accusative | *bъrkъ | *bъrky | *bъrky |
| Genitive | *bъrku | *bъrkovu | *bъrkovъ |
| Locative | *bъrku | *bъrkovu | *bъrkъxъ |
| Dative | *bъrkovi | *bъrkъma | *bъrkъmъ |
| Instrumental | *bъrkъmь | *bъrkъma | *bъrkъmi |
| Vocative | *bъrku | *bъrky | *bъrkove |
Derived terms
- *bъrkovъ
- *bъrkati (“to trim, to crop”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: боркъ (borkŭ) (Old Ukrainian)
- Russian: борк (bork) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: бо́рки pl (bórky) (fossilized dual)
- Old East Slavic: боркъ (borkŭ) (Old Ukrainian)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “боркать”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bъrkъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 128
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “бърк, мн. бърке”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 102
References
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “brk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*bъ̑rkъ”
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