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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/péth₂r̥

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

Etymology

From *peth₂- (“to fly”) +‎ *-r̥ (r/n-stem suffix).

Noun

*péth₂r̥ n (oblique stem *pth₂én-)

  1. wing
  2. feather

Inflection
Athematic, proterokinetic
singular collective
nominative *péth₂r̥ *péth₂ōr
genitive *pth₂éns *pth₂nés
singular dual plural collective
nominative *péth₂r̥ — — *péth₂ōr
vocative *péth₂r̥ — — *péth₂ōr
accusative *péth₂r̥ — — *péth₂ōr
genitive *pth₂éns — — *pth₂nés
ablative *pth₂éns — — *pth₂nés
dative *pth₂éney — — *pth₂néy
locative *pth₂én, *pth₂éni — — *pth₂én, *pth₂éni
instrumental *pth₂énh₁ — — *pth₂néh₁

Descendants
  • Anatolian:
    • Hittite: 𒁁𒋻 n (pát-tar /pattar/, “wing”), 𒁁𒁕𒈾𒀸 (pád-da-na-aš /pattanaš/, gen.sg.)[2]
  • Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: թեր (tʿer, “*wing, *feather; *leaf; side”), թերթ (tʿertʿ, “leaf”), թիթեռն (tʿitʿeṙn, “butterfly”) < *pter-
      • Armenian: թեր (tʿer, “leaf”)
    • Old Armenian: թիռ- (tʿiṙ-, “to fly”) < *ptēr-
    • Old Armenian: փետուր (pʿetur, “feather”) (possibly; or a borrowing from other descendants)
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Slavic: *pero (possibly) (see there for further descendants)
  • Celtic: *ɸetnos (see there for further descendants)
  • Germanic: *feþrō (see there for further descendants)
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: ὑπο-πετρίδιος (hupo-petrídios, “winged”)
    • Ancient Greek: πτερόν (pterón) < *pter- (?)
    • Ancient Greek: πτέρυξ (ptérux) (possibly)
  • Italic: *petnā[3]
    • Latin: penna (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Mallory, J. P.; 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 179
  2. Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “(UZU)pattas / pattan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 761-763
  3. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “penna”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 458

Further reading
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πτερόν”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1248
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 286–294
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