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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech krk, from Proto-Slavic *kъrkъ, originally from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”).
Pronunciation
Noun
krk m inan
- neck
Declension
Declension of krk (velar masculine inanimate)
Related terms
References
- ^ Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
- ^ "krk" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
Further reading
- krk in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- krk in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- krk in Internetová jazyková příručka
Old Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъrkъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
krk m inan
- neck
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъrkъ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”).
Pronunciation
Noun
krk m inan (genitive singular krku, nominative plural krky, genitive plural krkov, declension pattern of dub)
- neck
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
- “krk”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024