viewed as a Germanic loanword). *<span class="searchmatch">bъ̑rkъ</span> m whisker, barbel (in South <span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span>) quill of a feather (in West, East <span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span>) *bъrkovъ *bъrkati (“to trim, to...
Reconstruction:<span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span>/<span class="searchmatch">bъrkъ</span> Reconstruction:<span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span>/čukъ Reconstruction:<span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span>/dьnьsь Reconstruction:<span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span>/dьrzъkъ Reconstruction:<span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Slavic/ęzykъ...
meanings from *<span class="searchmatch">bъrkъ</span> (“whisker, quill”) + *-ati, from <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to pierce, to bore”). Onomatopoeic, akin to <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span> *bъrčati (“to...