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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/zorъkъ

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

From *zorъ (sight, vision) + *-ъkъ. Related to *zьrěti (to see, to look at).

Adjective

*zorъkъ[1]

  1. sharp-eyed

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *зоръкъ (*zorŭkŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: *зо́ркїй (*zórkij)
        • Belarusian: зо́ркі (zórki)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: зо́ркый (zórkŷj)
        • Ukrainian: зірки́й (zirkýj)
      • Middle Russian: зо́ркій (zórkij) (18ᵗʰ c.)
  • South Slavic:

References

  1. Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “зоркий”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 1: (А – Начальство), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 328:вост.-слав. *зоръкъ(йь)vost.-slav. *zorʺkʺ(jʹ)

Further reading

  • Shansky, N. M., editor (1975), “зо́ркий”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, number 6 (З), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 109
  • Krylov, G. A. (2004) “зоркий”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN, page 152
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