Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pornóm

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

    From *p(t)erH- (“fern”) +‎ *-nós.

    Noun

    *pornóm n (non-ablauting)[1]

    1. feather, wing
    2. fern, leaf

    Declension

    Thematic
    singular
    nominative *pornóm
    genitive *pornósyo
    singular dual plural
    nominative *pornóm *pornóy(h₁) *pornéh₂
    vocative *pornóm *pornóy(h₁) *pornéh₂
    accusative *pornóm *pornóy(h₁) *pornéh₂
    genitive *pornósyo *? *pornóHom
    ablative *pornéad *? *pornómos, *pornóbʰos
    dative *pornóey *? *pornómos, *pornóbʰos
    locative *pornéy, *pornóy *? *pornóysu
    instrumental *pornóh₁ *? *pornṓys

    Alternative reconstructions

    • *ptorH-no-[2]
    • *(s)por(H)-no-[3]
    • *(s)pornóm[4]

    Descendants

    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *parnas (“wing”)
    • Proto-Germanic: *farnaz, *farnam
      • Proto-West Germanic: *farn (“fern”) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *parnám (“leaf; feather; wing”) (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*pornóm”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 646
    2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*farna-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 129-130: “*ptorH-no-”
    3. ^ Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2011–2025), “2.*(s)per- → *(s)perH- ‘fliegen’”, in Addenda und Corrigenda zu LIV²‎[2], page 70: “*(s)por(H)-no-”
    4. ^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006), The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 295: “*(s)pornóm”

    Further readings

    • Derksen, Rick (2015), Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 419
    • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “parwa”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 383
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