Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/torkъ

This Proto-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-Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *tоrkʷ-ós, from the root *terkʷ- (“to turn, spin”). Akin to Albanian tjerr (“I spin”), Latin torqueō (“I twist”), Latvian tę̄rkа, Old Prussian tarkue and Sanskrit तर्कु (tarkú, “spindle”).

Noun

*tȏrkъ m

strap, thong
Synonym: *remy

Inflection

Declension of *torkъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*torkъ	*torka	*torci
genitive	*torka	*torku	*torkъ
dative	*torku	*torkoma	*torkomъ
accusative	*torkъ	*torka	*torky
instrumental	torkъmь, torkomь^*	*torkoma	*torky
locative	*torcě	*torku	*torcěxъ
vocative	*torče	*torka	*torci

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

noun

*tъ̑rkъ

verb

*tъrčiti

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: торокъ (torokŭ)
  - Russian: торока́ (toroká)
  - Ukrainian: то́рок (tórok)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: трак (trak)
- Macedonian: трака (traka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: тра̏ка
  
  Latin script: trȁka
- Slovene: trȃk (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: trak
- Old Polish: trok
  - Polish: trok
- Slovak: trak
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: trok
  - Upper Sorbian: trok