Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sturkaz

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

According to Witczak (1991), from Proto-Indo-European *sr̥ǵos (“stork”), cognate to Sanskrit सृजय (sṛjaya, “wading bird”), Ancient Greek πελαργός (pelargós, “stork”), and Dacian *βärzæ (whence Romanian barză (“stork”), dialectal Bulgarian барзъ (barz).)

Alternately, from Proto-Indo-European *str̥gos, from *(s)terg-, *(s)terǵ- (“a type of bird”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter- (“stiff”). Cognate with Old East Slavic стьркъ (stĭrkŭ, “stork, crane”), Russian стерх (sterx, “Siberian crane”), Ancient Greek τόργος (tórgos, “vulture”), Albanian sterkjok (“stork”) and possibly Old Armenian տառեղն (taṙełn, “stork”).

Noun

*sturkaz m

  1. stork

Inflection

Declension of *sturkaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *sturkaz *sturkōz, *sturkōs
vocative *sturk *sturkōz, *sturkōs
accusative *sturką *sturkanz
genitive *sturkas, *sturkis *sturkǫ̂
dative *sturkai *sturkamaz
instrumental *sturkō *sturkamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *stork
    • Old English: storc
    • Old Frisian: *stork
    • Old Saxon: *stork
    • Old Dutch: *stork
    • Old High German: storah, storh, *stork (irregular -h- possibly generalized from svarabhakti form)
  • Old Norse: storkr

Further reading

  • Witczak, Krzysztof Tomasz. 1991. "Indo-European *sr̥C in Germanic". Historische Sprachforschung 104:1, pp. 106–107.
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