Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sturkaz

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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

masculine a-stemDeclension 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

Further reading

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