Indo-European etymology : Query result

Proto-IE: *g'herk(ʷ)-,-g(ʷ)-

Meaning: fork

Baltic: *ǯir̂k-(t)l-iā̃ f. (2); *ǯer̃g- (-ja-) vb., *ǯarg-ī̂- vb., *ǯir̃g- vb. intr.

Latin: furca f. `zweizackige Gabel; Stützpfahl, Tragreff, Halsblock als Strafwerkzeug, Galgen, Joch, Engpass'; furcula 'kleine Gabel, Tragreff, Stützstange; Engpass'

Russ. meaning: рогатка

References: WP I 629

Comments: Lat. -с- in furca may be a secondary analogy with furcula < *g'hrg-tlā (cf. its second meaning hardly derivable from diminutive semantics).