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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/twerḱ-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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-Indo-European

Root

*twerḱ- [1][2][3][4]

  1. to carve, cut off, trim

Derived terms
► <a href='/wiki/Category:Terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*twer%E1%B8%B1-' title='Category:Terms derived from the PIE root *twerḱ-'>Terms derived from the PIE root *twerḱ-</a>
  • *twr̥ḱ-é-ti (zero-grade thematic present)[2]
    • Indo-Iranian: *twr̥ĉáti
      • Iranian: *twr̥ĉáti
        • Younger Avestan: 𐬟𐬭𐬁𐬚𐬡𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀‎ (frāθβərəsaēta, “to cut”, 2pl.opt.act.)
  • *tworḱ-ó-s (“cutter, boar”)[3]
    • Celtic: *tworkos (“boar”)[3]
    • Indo-Iranian: *twarkas
      • Iranian: *θwarkah
        • Avestan: 𐬚𐬡𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬋‎ (θβərəsō, “piglet”)
  • *tr̥-n-ḱ-ó-s (nasal-infix)
    • Italic: *trukos
      • Latin: truncus (“a cut off piece; maimed”) (see there for further descendants)
  • *turḱ-s (“s-stem”)[4]
    • Celtic: *truxs (“slain, cut man”)[3] (see there for further descendants)
    • Hellenic: [Term?]
      • Ancient Greek: σύρξ (súrx), σάρξ (sárx, “piece of meat, body part”)
    • Italic: *truks
      • Latin: trux (“wild, fierce, harsh”) (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒ *turḱ-s-os
      • Celtic: *truxsos (“a cut off piece”)[3] (see there for further descendants)
  • *twérḱ-tōr
    • Indo-Iranian: *twárštā (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006), “*twerḱ- 'to cut out'”, in The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 157
  2. Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*tu̯erk̑- 'schnitzen, zurechtschneiden'”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 656
  3. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*truk-, *truxso-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 391: “*trewk- 'cut'”
  4. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “σάρξ, σαρκός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1309: “*turk̂- 'cut'”
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