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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/p(t)erH-

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

Reconstruction

A hotly-disputed root. Derksen prefers to reconstruct *perH- (which he also assigns Slavic *pero to)[1], Matasovic reconstructs *perHt- [2], while Kroonen reconstructs *pterH- under the assumption of a connection with Ancient Greek πτέρις (ptéris)[3] (a connection that Derksen and Matasovic do not find phonologically likely,[1][2] and Beekes considers the term a later Greek formation[4]). The only point of agreement between them is that the majority of descendants generally assigned to this root except πτέρις (ptéris) are definitively cognate.

Root

*p(t)erH-

  1. fern

Derived terms

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2015), “papartis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 344
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “frati-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 139
  3. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “farna-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 129-130
  4. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πτέρις”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1247
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