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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/morkъ

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *markas, from Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“to flicker; to darken; to be dark”), cognate to Proto-Germanic *merkuz (“dark”) and Albanian murg (“dark”).

Noun

*mȏrkъ m[1][2]

  1. darkness

Declension

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Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “мо́рок”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mȏrkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 325: “m. o (c) ‘darkness’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “morkъ morka”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “d (OSA 143; PR 137)”
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