Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/stьrkъ

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

Alternative forms

*ščьrkъ (South Slavic)
*stьrxъ, *sterxъ (East Slavic)

Etymology

Related to Proto-Germanic *sturkaz (“stork”) (whence Lithuanian star̃kus (“stork”), Latvian stārķis (“stork”)), Latvian stirka (“creature with long legs”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter- (“to bulge, to stick out”), cf. Proto-Slavic *(s)tъrčati.

Noun

*stьrkъ m^[1]

stork (South Slavic)
Synonym: *botьjanъ
Siberian crane (East Slavic)

Declension

Declension of *stьrkъ (hard o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*stьrkъ	*stьrka	*stьrci
genitive	*stьrka	*stьrku	*stьrkъ
dative	*stьrku	*stьrkoma	*stьrkomъ
accusative	*stьrkъ	*stьrka	*stьrky
instrumental	stьrkъmь, stьrkomь^*	*stьrkoma	*stьrky
locative	*stьrcě	*stьrku	*stьrcěxъ
vocative	*stьrče	*stьrka	*stьrci

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

Derived terms

*stьrkьlъ, *stьrkylъ

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: стьркъ (stĭrkŭ)
  - Russian: стерк (sterk), стерх (sterx), dial. сте́рех (stérex)
  - Ukrainian: стерх (sterx)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: стрькъ (strĭkŭ), стръкъ (strŭkŭ)
- Bulgarian: щърк (štǎrk), щъркел (štǎrkel)
- Macedonian: штрк (štrk)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: штр̑к, штр̏к
  
  Latin script: štȓk, štȑk
- Slovene: štȓk (until 18 cent.)
  - ⇒ Slovene: štọ̑rklja

Non-Slavic:
- Albanian: shtërg
- Romanian: stârc

References

^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “štȓk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *stь̑rkъ in *stь̋rkъ”

[1] Snoj, Marko (2016) “štȓk”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *stь̑rkъ in *stь̋rkъ”

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