Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/śárˀkāˀ

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

    Possibly from imitative root Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-, see also Latin corvus, Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz.[1]

    Noun

    *śárˀkāˀ f[2][3]

    1. magpie

    Inflection

    Declension of *śárˀkāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *śárˀkāˀ *śárˀkāiˀ *śárˀkās
    accusative *śárˀkā(ˀ)n *śárˀkāiˀ *śárˀkā(ˀ)ns
    genitive *śárˀkā(ˀ)s *śárˀkāu(ˀ) *śárˀkōn
    locative *śárˀkāiˀ *śárˀkāu(ˀ) *śárˀkā(ˀ)su
    dative *śárˀkāi *śárˀkā(ˀ)(ˀ) *śárˀkā(ˀ)mas
    instrumental *śárˀkāˀn *śárˀkā(ˀ)māˀ *śárˀkā(ˀ)mīˀs
    vocative *śárˀka *śárˀkāiˀ *śárˀkās

    Descendants

    • East Baltic:
      • Lithuanian: šárka
      • Samogitian: šarka
    • West Baltic:
    • Proto-Slavic: *sòrka (see there for further descendants)
    • ? Proto-Finnic: *harakka (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “corvus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
    2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*svòrka; *sòrka”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 477:BSl. *śórʔkaʔ
    3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “šarka”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 440:BSL *śórʔkaʔ