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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/perkʷ-

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

Root

*perkʷ-

  1. oak

Derived terms
  • *perkʷ-unyo-s (“forest”)[1]
    • Celtic: *Φerkunyos[1] (see there for further descendants)
    • Germanic: *fergunją (“forested mountain”) (see there for further descendants)
  • *pr̥kʷ-éh₂ (“pine”)[2]
    • Germanic: *furhō (“fir, pine; forest”) (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*kʷerxt-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 178
  2. Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 160
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