Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/keh₂n-

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

Alternative reconstructions

*kh₂en-[1]

Root

*keh₂n-

to sing

Derived terms

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*kh₂n- (zero-grade root verb)
- Italic: *kanō
  - Latin: canō (see there for further descendants)
*keh₂n-mn̥ (“song”)
- Italic:
  - Latin: carmen (see there for further descendants)
*ke-koh₂n-[2]
- Italic:
  - Latin: cicōnia (see there for further descendants)
Unsorted formations:
- Balto-Slavic:
  - Slavic: *kanja (probably)
- Celtic: *kaneti
  - Old Irish: canaid, canim
    - Irish: can
  - Welsh: canu
- Germanic: *hanô (“rooster”), *hanjō (“hen”), *hōnaz (“fowl”) (see there for further descendants)
- Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: καναχέω (kanakhéō), καναχή (kanakhḗ), ἠικανός (ēikanós)
- Indo-Iranian: *kanati (or rather *karnati)
  - Indo-Aryan: *kanati (or rather *karnati)
    - Sanskrit: कणति (kaṇati)

References

De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 525