Where does “trk” come from?

trk (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic tъrkъ, from Proto-Indo-European tŕ̥kʷ-os, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

trk (Serbo-Croatian): run, running

Definitions

  1. run, running

Ancestry of “trk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictъrkъrun, sprint
2Proto-Indo-Europeantŕ̥kʷ-os—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin

Words derived from “trk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tŕ̥kʷ-os →Every word from Proto-Slavic tъrkъ →
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