търгъ

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tъrgъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtʊrɡʊ/→/ˈtʊrɡʊ/→/ˈtɔrɡ/

(ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʊrɡʊ/
(ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʊrɡʊ/
(ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔrɡ/

Noun

търгъ (tŭrgŭ) m

trade, trading, commerce
(trade) square

Descendants

Old Ruthenian: торгъ (torh)
- Belarusian: торг (torh)
- Ukrainian: торг (torh)
Russian: торг (torg)
→ Baltic:
- Latgalian: tiergs
- Latvian: tìrgus
- Old Lithuanian: tur̃gus, turgùs
  - Lithuanian: tur̃gus
  - Samogitian: torgos
→ Finnic:
- Estonian: turg
- Finnish: turku
- >? Ingrian: turu
→ Old Norse: torg (“market”)
- Icelandic: torg
- Faroese: torg
- Norwegian: torg
  - → Danish: torg (Norway)
    - Norwegian Bokmål: torg
- Old Swedish: torgh
  - Swedish: torg
  - → Finnish: tori
- Danish: torv
  - Norwegian Bokmål: torv

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “торг”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “торг”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 251