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)

sudden move, shift
run

Inflection

Declension of *tъrkъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*tъrkъ	*tъrka	*tъrci
Accusative	*tъrkъ	*tъrka	*tъrky
Genitive	*tъrka	*tъrku	*tъrkъ
Locative	*tъrcě	*tъrku	*tъrcěxъ
Dative	*tъrku	*tъrkoma	*tъrkomъ
Instrumental	tъrkъmь, tъrkomь^*	*tъrkoma	*tъrky
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: тр̑к
  
  Latin: tȓk
- Slovene: tȓk