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
Ancestry of “trk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | tъrkъ | run, sprint |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | tŕ̥kʷ-os | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | terkʷ- | to turn, spin |