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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵr̥h₂nóm

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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

Possibly a substantivised form of *ǵr̥h₂-nós (“matured, grown old”) (compare Sanskrit जीर्ण (jīrṇá, “old, worn out”)), itself a verbal adjective derived from *ǵerh₂- (“to grow old, to mature”).

Noun

*ǵr̥h₂nóm n (non-ablauting) [1][2]

  1. grain

Inflection
Thematic
singular
nominative *ǵr̥h₂nóm
genitive *ǵr̥h₂nósyo
singular dual plural
nominative *ǵr̥h₂nóm *ǵr̥h₂nóy(h₁) *ǵr̥h₂néh₂
vocative *ǵr̥h₂nóm *ǵr̥h₂nóy(h₁) *ǵr̥h₂néh₂
accusative *ǵr̥h₂nóm *ǵr̥h₂nóy(h₁) *ǵr̥h₂néh₂
genitive *ǵr̥h₂nósyo *? *ǵr̥h₂nóoHom
ablative *ǵr̥h₂néad *? *ǵr̥h₂nómos
dative *ǵr̥h₂nóey *? *ǵr̥h₂nómos
locative *ǵr̥h₂néy, *ǵr̥h₂nóy *? *ǵr̥h₂nóysu
instrumental *ǵr̥h₂nóh₁ *? *ǵr̥h₂nṓys

Descendants
  • Albanian: *grunā[3]
  • Balto-Slavic: *źírˀna (see there for further descendants)
  • Celtic: *grānom (see there for further descendants)
  • Germanic: *kurną (see there for further descendants)
  • Italic: *grānom
    • Latin: grānum (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Ringe, Don (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic, Oxford University Press
  2. Fortson, Benjamin W. (2004) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, first edition, Oxford: Blackwell
  3. An Albanian Historical Grammar, Suart E. Mann, Buske, 1977, p.55
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